[1] In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums,” the main theme is suppression of a woman’s pride. Throughout the story, Elisa Allen is a housewife who takes care of her precious garden. She’s a very skilled gardener (who is also a housewife) and raises especially big and healthy chrysanthemums. Steinbeck gives many examples of her pride throughout the story, as well as the suppression she faced at that particular time period. The story was written in 1938, which was not long after The Great Depression in America. As the story progresses, Elisa shows her pride through the works of her garden.
[2] The first line in the story sets the tone for the theme. The setting is a “high-grey flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valle
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