The Chrysanthemums An Essay for Questions #3 and #4, on page 228 John Steinbeck wrote The Chrysanthemums in 1938. Steinbeck, as in many of his novels and short stories, depicts the life of poor, hard working people. In The Chrysanthemums, Steinbeck writes about a farmer's wife livin...

In the "The Chrysanthemums," John Steinbeck portrays a woman's struggle for identity. We are first introduced to Elisa Allen, a strong hardworking woman that is married, and lives on a ranch in Salinas Valley, tending to her chrysanthemums. While she is tending to her garden, a pedd...

A Woman in a Man's World Elisa Allen is a very talented woman who has a gift for growing things. She is very good at what she does but has a burning desire to do more. She feels held back and confined in here home in the Salinas Valley. Some how she cannot bare to be limited to her home a...