It's certainly not a sentence she could communicate to her parents. Their life style was one that too many would seem a bit much, being born to parents that chose farm life as a ways of making a living. Jessica and her siblings felt a sense of obligation to the life they truly hated. From the scent of the cows on the farm, to the bitter cold weather they were subjected to while working in the early morning hours. They would have to be up by 5a.m., and finish all their farm duties by 7:30a.m.Just in time to get ready to leave for school by 8:30 a.m.
He does not know the news. Later on Miguel tries to comfort Esperanza but pulls away from his hand because he is poor. L. When her mother and grandmother come back from the priest, Tio Luis who is her uncle wants to make a deal. M. Her uncle asks Esperanza’s mom to marry him, because she cannot support her family now that she is widowed. Esperanza is shocked and hates him.
Every time her uncle and aunts go visits her she always gets sad when they have to leave because of the goodbyes. Although most of the time his flights are delayed, she decides to stay home instead of going along to drop him and leaves, her father tells her that her uncle said he will never forget them. Furthermore, she talks about the day she turned fifteen and how they did not have enough money to celebrate like most girls with a quincenera but instead they have a gathering of 6 people to celebrate. Their budget is tight but her mom still decides to buy what her daughter deserves and nothing lower. She has a fun memory despite the struggle of being poor.
Taking care of the farm C. How the marriage and sickness of Ethan’s wife secluded them from the world 1. How he met his wife 2. Taking care of his wife D. How the setting ruined Ethan’s dreams and future career dreams 1. What he wanted out of life 2. What stopped him from achieving this E. How the setting shaped the town people and their minds 1.
Elisa Allen: The Chrysanthemums Elisa Allen is a smart, attractive, and ambitious woman whose talent goes unnoticed and lives in a society that does not allow women to have professional careers in John Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums. Elisa longed for her husband’s approval when it came to her talent with planting flowers. She desperately wanted to work in the business of the ranch and her offers of helping her husband were brushed off. Elisa’s husband is not as smart, but he makes all of the business decisions and runs the ranch while Elisa watches from afar. Elisa is unsatisfied with life and came in contact with a man who showed up on the ranch who she found appealing to talk to and quite flirtatious which is the kind of interaction she
The second time the symbol of the mule is used is when Janie is married to her first husband named Logan Killiks. Instead of a job, Janie cleans around the house and cooks for herself and Logan. Even though this for Janie to do everyday, Logan doesn’t believe that she works hard at all. After thinking it over, Logan decides to buy Janie a mule so she can work along side him in the fields and take care of the household. When Logan goes to buy the mule, Janie meets Joe Starks and decides to run away with him.
The elders or peers of the couple would judge if the trade of cattle and valuables was fair. Women never got the right to choose the man they would marry. Her parents simply gave her up without a backward glance in most cases, if the price was right. During the wedding, the bride and groom would join hands, exchange sandals, and a feast would be held afterward. When the couple moved in together, the surrounding people helped the couple to build a house and till their land until they could support themselves.
She loves to grow chrysanthemums. Henry thinks she has a good hand for planting he tells her what a strong crop she has and seems very proud “You’ve got a gift with things,” Henry observed. “Some of those yellow chrysanthemums you had this year were ten inches across. I wish you’d work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big.”(Steinbeck 1938 p. 376). “Elisa has no children and her maternal instincts are shown through growing her chrysanthemums as well as other flowers.
Recognition Ruined In The Road Henry’s wife, Elisa was intelligent and passionate about her gardening and having the well known qualities of being a woman and wife, although she lived a unsatisfying and under stimulated life, in which her husband didn’t know of. Elissa was talented and was longing for people to recognize her and what she experts in. In the story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck Elisa doesn’t have a professional career, no children to take care of, and even though she is interested in her husband’s business on the ranch he’s is not fully conscious of that. Elisa’s wish to travel the world and to work on the farm with Henry is implied, but it is expressed to be a unfit desire for a woman. Elisa puts all her energy and time into perfecting the chrysanthemum garden and her house working skills, even though she would rather be doing more exciting things.
This description can be used to symbolize Elisa’s lonely and isolated feelings. She is 35, married without children, and the “closed pot” can be interpreted as unhappiness. Elisa is not given much of a chance to be taken seriously. An example of this is during a conversation she has with her husband Henry about her flowers, where Henry tells her “I wish you would work out in the orchards and raise some apples”. Elisa perks up for a moment and makes a suggestion that she could accomplish working out in the orchards, only to have Henry shut her down by saying “well it sure works with the flowers”.