The Chrysanthemums By John Steinbeck Analysis
The Chrysanthemums
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 to John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. He was raised in the small rural town of Salinas Valley California. During his summer breaks John worked on nearby ranches and when he got older with the migrant workers on a neighbor's ranch. While working on the ranches and with the migrant workers he noticed firsthand how hard life can be. From his work experience on the ranches and working the migrant workers and seeing what’s going on around him he was able to write some of Americans best novels, for example “Of Mice and Men” (1937),”The Grapes of Wrath” (1939), and “The Forgotten Village” (1941).(biographybase.com)
The story “The Chrysanthemums” takes place in John …show more content…
Henry is talking with two guys, who he is trying to sell his cattle to them for a good price. Elisa is in her garden tending to her chrysanthemums (her babies). After Henry and the two guys come to an agreement Henry comes up to the fence and comments about how nice her chrysanthemums look. Elisa then states that her mother also has the same gift with gardening. Henry then suggests they go out to dinner. Elisa agrees then Henry jokingly mentions going to the fights. Once Henry goes back to work on gathering up the cattle he just sold, as he dose tattered cover wagon driven by a tinker pulls up to the house. The tinker asks Elisa if there are any pots that need to be repair. She tells him no many times, and then the tinker notices and praises Elisa’s pride and joy, her chrysanthemums. At the praise she gets from him about her chrysanthemums her mood changes from slight irritation to delight. The tinker tells Elisa that there is a woman down his route that would love to have chrysanthemums like she has. So Elisa puts some sprouts she has in a red flower pot with damp sand. She tells him how to take care of them. Then she finds two saucepans for the tinker to fix before he goes on his way. With Elisa on a confidence bust she heads inside to get ready for her date with her husband. As they leave for dinner in their roadster, Elisa notices the chrysanthemum sprouts that she gave the tinker on the side of the road and ask her husband if they can …show more content…
A good example of this is when he complements her chrysanthemums and that a woman down his rout would love chrysanthemums like this and she gives some spouts to me, and then she finds something for him to fix. By saying her flower are lovely, she gets the feeling of self-worth and finds something to fix as a way of saying thank you for noticing my hard work; like a dog is always looking to be praised. Another way she is like a dog is how she protects her flowers form anything harmful in her garden, like a dog will protects its master and the master’s family. Elisa even tries to change this but every time she tries she does not get the response she wants, her husband does reacts but not in the way she was expecting.
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 to John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. He was raised in the small rural town of Salinas Valley California. During his summer breaks John worked on nearby ranches and when he got older with the migrant workers on a neighbor's ranch. While working on the ranches and with the migrant workers he noticed firsthand how hard life can be. From his work experience on the ranches and working the migrant workers and seeing what’s going on around him he was able to write some of Americans best novels, for example “Of Mice and Men” (1937),”The Grapes of Wrath” (1939), and “The Forgotten Village” (1941).(biographybase.com)
The story “The Chrysanthemums” takes place in John …show more content…
Henry is talking with two guys, who he is trying to sell his cattle to them for a good price. Elisa is in her garden tending to her chrysanthemums (her babies). After Henry and the two guys come to an agreement Henry comes up to the fence and comments about how nice her chrysanthemums look. Elisa then states that her mother also has the same gift with gardening. Henry then suggests they go out to dinner. Elisa agrees then Henry jokingly mentions going to the fights. Once Henry goes back to work on gathering up the cattle he just sold, as he dose tattered cover wagon driven by a tinker pulls up to the house. The tinker asks Elisa if there are any pots that need to be repair. She tells him no many times, and then the tinker notices and praises Elisa’s pride and joy, her chrysanthemums. At the praise she gets from him about her chrysanthemums her mood changes from slight irritation to delight. The tinker tells Elisa that there is a woman down his route that would love to have chrysanthemums like she has. So Elisa puts some sprouts she has in a red flower pot with damp sand. She tells him how to take care of them. Then she finds two saucepans for the tinker to fix before he goes on his way. With Elisa on a confidence bust she heads inside to get ready for her date with her husband. As they leave for dinner in their roadster, Elisa notices the chrysanthemum sprouts that she gave the tinker on the side of the road and ask her husband if they can …show more content…
A good example of this is when he complements her chrysanthemums and that a woman down his rout would love chrysanthemums like this and she gives some spouts to me, and then she finds something for him to fix. By saying her flower are lovely, she gets the feeling of self-worth and finds something to fix as a way of saying thank you for noticing my hard work; like a dog is always looking to be praised. Another way she is like a dog is how she protects her flowers form anything harmful in her garden, like a dog will protects its master and the master’s family. Elisa even tries to change this but every time she tries she does not get the response she wants, her husband does reacts but not in the way she was expecting.