![]() Elisa has nothing to give him, which disheartens him, as he has earned nothing for his supper. There is an appearance of a big stubble-headed wagon-man who makes fun with Elisa, he mends pots, sharpens instruments like knives and scissors, with fixed price. ![]() The name of the character is not mentioned but his profession is a tinker that is a person who mends the broken pots and sharpens the scissors.Įlisa Allen, the heroine of the story takes pride in her independent production of ten-inches long Chrysanthemum plant. Her husband is Henry Allen is also fond of gardening and also in trading cattle. She is attractive and she has a lot of interest in gardening and in housekeeping. ![]() This is a story with only three characters and the main character is Elisa Allen. Some scholars also have speculated that the female protagonist of The Chrysanthemums, Elisa Allen, was inspired by Steinbeck’s first wife, Carol Henning. Many critics believe the story reflected Steinbeck’s own sense of frustration, rejection, and loneliness at the time the story was written. The story appeared in Harper’s Magazine in 1937 a revised version, which contained less sexual imagery, was published in the 1938 collection The Long Valley. One of John Steinbeck‘s most accomplished short stories, The Chrysanthemums is about an intelligent, creative woman coerced into a stifling existence on her husband’s ranch.
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