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Chrysanthemums. “The high grey-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world” (Steinbeck, John uhhhh boneless pizza). As the female protagonist in a historically accurate story in the late 1930s, Elisa is condemned to living in a sort of confinement from the outside world, seeing as her husband would do all of the business on the farm. She has something in common with the Salinas Valley, as she too is closed off from the sky and from all the rest

East of Eden published by John Steinbeck in 1952 is a great example for one to use when researching family dynamics. The book tells the story of the Trask family living in Salinas valley California at the turn of the 19th century. It is a tumultuous tale inspired by Cain and Able. The family consists of Adam Trask, the father of twins Cal and Aaron Trask, and Cathy Ames their mother who abandoned them as babies. The book starts out by going over the history of the Trask family Afterwards the book

Rebecca Kallios 10/2/17 Thematic Analysis Essay The short story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck tells the story of Elisa Allen, a woman living with her husband in the Salinas Valley. Elisa is unsatisfied with her role as a rancher’s wife and would like to gain more independence and importance, yet she lives in a time when women were generally not as independent as men. The singular effect of entrapment is present throughout aspects of Elisa’s life from her personal identity, to her relationship

woman she is not considered. Elisa represents women and how they are not treated and looked at the same way as men are, they are deemed unsuited for numerous things despite being entirely capable of it. John Steinbeck born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California to parents John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. He grew up with three sisters and had a relatively happy childhood. John went to Stanford University in 1919 to get a college education but dropped out in 1925. After leaving

The next morning they arrive at the Salinas Valley ranch bunkhouse, where they meet Candy, and are interviewed by The Boss. The Boss notices that George answers all of the questions directed to Lennie, and instructs nervous Lennie to speak. Fortunately, George makes and excuse for Lennie saying he was kicked in the head by a horse when he was a child, and isn’t bright. The other man of tremendous strength on the ranch. They see Candy again and he advises George to look out for Lennie, who knows Curley

John Steinbeck’s, The Chrysanthemums, was published in 1938 in a book of short stories, entitled The Long Valley. The Chrysanthemums has been a rather powerful draw for scholars because of its wide gap for interpretations and analysis of its main protagonist character, Elisa Allen and also the unique descriptions used to portray the deeper meaning behind the setting of the story. Themes of sexuality, oppression of women, as well as other numerous types of conflict portrayed in this rather somber

Elisa’s thoughts and to reflect her feelings. The story opens up with a lengthy description of Salinas Valley were Elisa and Henry live. The valley is described to be like a “closed pot” (Steinbeck 1) with “no sunshine” (Steinbeck 1). This description reflects Elisa’s emotions since she hides her true feelings of sadness and a dull, un-eventful life. Although, despite the winter weather the inhabitants of Salinas Valley wait and are “mildly hopeful” (Steinbeck 2) of better weather, just like how Elisa

themselves, but with each other. In his story, East of Eden, Steinbeck places Cathy’s demonic and deceiving personality together with Adam’s pure-hearted temperament to demonstrate contradictions in nature. Steinbeck uses the calm, fresh setting of Salinas Valley to create a distinctive atmosphere. The novel follows the characters and their families in North America. The beginning of the novel consists of an atmosphere in which both Adam Trask and Cathy Ames live in. They both live on the east coast

John Steinback created a masterpiece that describes a most peculiar case of a strong minded woman bound by a rural area during the 1920’s and 30’s. The narrator writes about a rather troubled protagonist who seems to have a lot of ambition built up inside to change her ways of just being an old fashioned marital wife. Her biggest problem could be the fact she is being repressed by the primitive ideology that men work and women nurture. Studying the characters and point of view of “The Chrysanthemums”

John Steinbeck is an American author who was born on February 27th of 1902 in Salinas, California. During the summers of his teenage years, Steinbeck worked as a ranch hand in rural California, which shows how he understands the life of ranch hands in his novel Of Mice and Men. In 1919, he enrolled in Stanford University, but he never obtained a degree because he didn’t commit to being a full time college student. When John dropped out of college, he became a manual laborer before becoming a successful