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Observations In The Chrysanthemums

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The sample student paper had many interesting observations in The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck. My initial observations about the story, were also that the flowers symbolized Elisa in many ways. One of them was that the chrysanthemums represented the unhappiness Elisa felt in her life. Another meaning in the flowers was how Elisa saw herself in the flowers as a delicate and beautiful. Steinbeck makes us see the connection between Elisa and the flowers when the man from the wagon complemented her flowers, she felt he was complementing her. One last meaning to the flower that came up to my mind when I read the story was that the flowers represented Elisa's children. Elisa was a house wife with no children and her husband was working most

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