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This 6 page paper analyzes the portrayal of women and the themes of Steinbeck and Yezierska in "Chrysanthemums" and "America and I". Quotes cited from the texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the women in Steinbecks short story, Chrysanthemums, or Yerierskas America and I, these goals are the ultimate reward, one which neither will realize for themselves.
The protagonist of Steinbecks short story is Elisa Allen, whose innate ability to grow the sensitive Chrysanthemum plant places her in a dilemma. At once the plight of
Elisas life becomes apparent. Reduced to the status of a non-person by her husband and society, her only means of control over her environment is that of raising the tender
Chrysanthemum. In fact, her desire to be her own person is evident in the fact that she is very masculine at the beginning of the story. She dresses like a
man and Steinbeck describes her physical features in a manly way. "Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, a mans black hat pulled low...clod-hopper shoes...completely covered
by a big corduroy apron..." (Steinbeck 206-207). She is searching for her own identity. When a mender stops by to offer his services,
Elisa strikes up a passing acquaintance with him. He expresses an interest in her flowers and she shows him the various secrets of nurturing them. What this would tend to
show, then, is that Elisa is coming into a recognition of who she is and what she has to offer to the world. It is also quite evident that she
realizes that because she is a woman, her gifts may never be recognized any further than those people who happen to wander into her little corner of the world...if that.
"After a while she began to dress, slowly. She put on her newest underclothing and her nicest stockings and the dress which was the symbol of her prettiness"(Steinbeck 212).
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