... story is about a lonely young woman who is very passionate about growing and maintaining her chrysanthemums. This woman, Elisa, and her husband Henry live on a foothill ranch secluded from the outside world. They make their living by raising and selling crop and cattle. Henry has just sold some cattle and has offered to take his ... flowers and shows great interest in them to gain her trust. He invents a story about a woman that lives down the road that would love to have some chrysanthemums and asks Elisa if he could take her some seeds. Elisa becomes very excited about the interest he...

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... to bloom. As the story comes to a close, Elisa begins to blossom and show confidence, and allows the protective gates to be broken down around herself and her flowers. Chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa by having sensitivity under a strong outer layer. Steinbeck describes Elisa's face as "lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water" (246). When reading this passage, the reader ... protected her flower garden from cattle and dogs and chickens" (247). Elisa feared for herself and her flowers that their sweetness could be damaged by outside influences. Thus, she had gates built around ...

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... to bloom. As the story comes to a close, Elisa begins to blossom and show confidence, and allows the protective gates to be broken down around herself and her flowers. Chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa by having sensitivity under a strong outer layer. Steinbeck describes Elisa's face as "lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water" (246). When reading this passage, the reader ... protected her flower garden from cattle and dogs and chickens" (247). Elisa feared for herself and her flowers that their sweetness could be damaged by outside influences. Thus, she had gates built around ...

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John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums," centers around a woman named Elisa, an avid gardner who is strong, "blocked and heavy" (Steinbeck). When the story begins, Elisa is working in her garden when her ... tinker, on the wagon. She looks for stimulation conversation and sex, two components lacking in her life. Although Elisa was blunt towards answering all of the tinker's questions, she admired having his company. A reader could tell by the way her breast swelled passionately and the way her voice grew husky. Also, she almost touches his legs in the greasy black trousers, ... d...

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... in the Salinas Valley. She lives a quiet, simple life and never really questions that her only dream and goal is to have to biggest chrysanthemums each year until she is visited by a traveling "Mr. Fix It." The day he turned down her road, she grew, more than she would ever realize. When she witnesses the ... she hopes and wishes she could change her life. Elisa knows that she must settle for dinner with wine rather than an exciting adventure. In the beginning of the story she is a weak woman and when the story ends she is still a weak woman. The only difference is that at the end she kn...

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... , and this feeling causes her to be antagonistic towards him. The meeting with tinker revives her feelings of femininity. Her resistance to his mundane matters disappears after the tinker romantically describes the chrysanthemums as a "quick puff of colored smoke" (450). By admiring the chrysanthemums, he figuratively admires her. The chrysanthemums symbolize her sexuality, and she "[tears] off the battered hat and [shakes] out her dark pretty ... ). With a few well-placed words from the tinker, her masculine image has been replaced with a feminine one. The tinker is a catalyst in Elisa's...

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... , and this feeling causes her to be antagonistic towards him. The meeting with tinker revives her feelings of femininity. Her resistance to his mundane matters disappears after the tinker romantically describes the chrysanthemums as a "quick puff of colored smoke" (450). By admiring the chrysanthemums, he figuratively admires her. The chrysanthemums symbolize her sexuality, and she "[tears] off the battered hat and [shakes] out her dark pretty ... ). With a few well-placed words from the tinker, her masculine image has been replaced with a feminine one. The tinker is a catalyst in Elisa's...

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... out to dinner with her husband. Steinbeck smartly narrates this woman's frequent shifts between femininity and masculinity over a short period of time. In the opening of the story Elisa is emasculated by the description of her clothing. She wears "a man's black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clodhopper shoes, a figured print ... He tells her he knows a lady who said to him "if you ever come across some nice chrysanthemums I wish you"d try to get me a few seeds" (paragraph 56). Elisa is overjoyed by any interest in her flowers and gives the man chrysanthemum sprouts to bring to his f...

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... women have often been portrayed as the subordinates of men or the weaker sex. As a result of these assumptions held by society, women have been working hard to disassociate themselves from these stereotypes and become more independent with their lives. Many famous writers have addressed this issue in their novels or short stories. John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" describes Elisa Allen's frustration with her marriage ... . Elisa feels a sense of isolation from the world and desires ... own femininity. Despite hiding behind these clothes she was still doing what seemed to be the "fema...

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... desires and comments. The story clearly shows how desperate she truly is when she is sexually aroused by the tinker's interest in the Chrysanthemums she works on by stating that her voice grew husky afterwards her breast swelling passionately (Sullivan).This clearly shows the severity of the issue as Elisa has to resort to the tinker who she just meets as opposed to her ... the Salinas valley being a closed pot with a lid, thus relating significantly to her life. She possesses the traits of a well rounded woman, being energetic, intelligent and has a great deal of ambition towards her c...

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The tone in The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck gave me a sense of envy toward men. The main reason why I get this feeling is because Elisa Allen is a hard working housewife who doesn't really have much of a life but to stay at home and tend to the garden and the house. She enjoys her garden and her husband but feels ... being happy with everything that she has and is. Then she gets upset because this guy is telling her where her place is. She gives him the chrysanthemums and sends him on his way. She then goes into the house and takes her bath to get ready to go out. While taking her bath...

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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, is the story of a passionate woman who is held back by her husband from reaching her full potential. This story line strikes a strong comparison to John Steinbeck's, "The Chrysanthemums". Using characterization, both authors created women who have a desire to be more than what society expects or allows. The characterizations go from the ... women being saddened by their lives, to each one coming to a personal revelation of what they wish for - finishing with an unexpected transition from their sad ... repression. In these short stories, the main charact...

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... Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck play a very large role in bringing the theme of the story to light. Steinbeck uses these characters to show how women were oppressed in the early twentieth century. There are only three main characters in the story. Each one has his or her different personalities and giving us different views of ... anything to do with him until he asks about the flowers that she is working on. Like a good salesman or conman, as said by Edward Fiorelli "the deceitful cunning of a tinker" (Fiorelli), he keeps at it. She takes a one eighty in the way she has been acting. S...

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... over her eyes clod-hopper shoes and a big corduroy apron ." Also, when her husband comes to the side of her garden, he compliments her crop by calling it, " a strong new crop ." Elisa responds back to him by saying, "" Yes. They"ll be strong this coming year- on her face there was a little smugness ." Elisa ... a night in town. To her, that is feminine thing to do. The second example of Elisa's need to feel equal to males is when the tinker shows up on her property. She plays the masculine role by telling the tinker that she doesn't have any help for him. The tinker knows he is ... tod...

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... The Washington Post shares the article, "Stop Denying Gender Pay gap exists. Even Jennifer Lawrence was shortchanged." written by Sally Kohn. In this article, Sally Kohn unveils the current events of gender gap in America by writing about the inequity pay associated in the life of actress Jennifer Lawrence. In her article, Kohns reveals that, "Even the wealthiest and most powerful women ... among us are burdened by the ever-present gender pay gap." Jennifer Lawrence won Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her role ... to increase efficiency." In her article, Kohn explains that, "In Lawren...

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... only ever given a first name when the astronomer is trying to tell her what to do. The astronomer, Mr. Ames, doesn't seem to enjoy the company of his wife very much. Even though the astronomer takes his wife for granted, she still remains faithful and obedient to him. Whenever mr. Ames simply lies in ... husband should go with him, if only he weren't, "still " resting ."" She said this with a pause as if not to embarrass herself in front of the plumber. She was going to say something else but decided to stop herself and say "resting."" Then again, why would she have to worry about felling...

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... throughout other people. People who adapted themselves to believe in follow these cultural practices think that the best thing to do is to get them involved in these kinds of cultural practices. One of the things that we can say that would be weird from people from other cultures to observe can be people's worryness about their weight. For example, nowadays, people ... explore their believes, religion, norms and other things that we would be able to appreciate, we would be able to see that what they do is also follow a pattern established by their country same as any other country would...

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... couples who are both employed face the "time-crunch" that get worse with a new child in the family. According to the State of Working America by Lawrence Michelle and colleagues, during the 1980s when real wages declined, the families, to cope with this drop had to significantly increase the hours ... as families tried to work more hours to earn a greater income. The number of hours worked by a family increased from the sharp jump in the hours worked by wives - 28.7% from 1970 to 1989, a total of 229 hours [Lawrence Michelle and colleagues, 1998-99: Pg. 102]. The increment in the women...

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Beauty is a special word, it has many meanings. Such as splendor, brilliance, vividness, and grandeur. All these words have a meaning of beauty, but they can only hold that meaning when something radiant is standing behind them. This radiance defines beauty, splendor, brilliance, vividness, and grandeur. These words can capture a heart, which ... young ladies" presence causes my heart to yearn for that radiance. And with that yearning comes a self-conscious feeling of affection for this young lady, who has stolen my heart away. You are my unique young lady, who at every meeting of your voice...

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... and sexual victims from white males since slavery was started in 16th century. Black women had never enjoyed some of the supposed benefits the womanhood and its separate spheres for men and women, an ideology developed as a result of 19th century industrialization in the U.S. Slave owners thought that black women were profitable labor unit like black men ... , and sometimes as sexual exploitation for owners. Some of historians had tried to prove brutal slavery in human history directly or indirectly, ... especially black women described as great victims and established the basis of ideol...

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... , named Niels Larsen, but he later changed his name to Peter Lawson. Henry Lawson grew up in poor surroundings, and had several problems. He suffered of deafness, and was in prison several times because he didn't pay his child support for his two children and he also had problems with alcoholism. He ... has been described as one of the greatest writers in Australian history. He also had a great believe in a new workingman "revolution" in Australia. This story takes place in the Australian ... bush, nineteen miles away from the nearest civilization. The landscape is also very monotonous....

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... there was a belief that it would taint their pure virtue (Lawrence 281). This idea of the ideal Victorian woman was widely witnessed in various literary works of the Victorian Age. Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" gives an honest account of the divide that existed between men and women in terms of their roles during the Victorian Age. In the poem, Tennyson ... the she tries to avoid; that is her death. In this regard, Tennyson divulges his personal opinions on women. This is evident through his act of equating womanhood with seclusion by placing a domesticated woman on the to...

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... 's phony disease in order to seduce women while their unsuspecting husbands concur. However, the reader does not know the length to which Horner has used his deceit until the end of the play. The ideas of sexual masculinity in society suggest a humorous stereotype while remaining true to an extent. A "ladies man-, such as Horner, concentrates on women, sexuality and the possible ways ... it is a lie. As for the ladies' husbands, at first they feared Horner would seduce their wives with his charm and good looks. However, once Dr. Quack spread the news of Horner being a eunuch, the husband...

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... date and not the other. Men and women differ in their pre-date rituals, their post-date rituals, as well as their idea of the perfect date. About four hours before the date is supposed to begin, many women get their nails done. Some even go to the mall to ... get a new outfit. Men, on the other hand, might play a pick up game of basketball or baseball. If they are not doing this, then they are most likely watching TV or playing video games. Women worry that they are not going to impress ... than one hour getting ready for a date; however, the average woman spends about three to four hou...

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... . Amongst their culture men believe that they are dominant gender and that they deserve the highest amount of respect and there are acceptable punishments for people who do not respect them. In these men's eyes they are everything, they are there country and without them the country ... how are there children raised, how are there meals prepared and put onto the table? The Muslim men avoid shame at all risks, it is almost though it is form of death and if disrespect is brought upon them then the will go to all extremes to regain their reverence. There is a huge sense ... of inequality ...

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