"The Chrysanthemums" was a fantastic story that made you stop and wonder about what really happened in this short story by John Steinbeck. If you had to go back and decipher through the lines to truly feel the impact of Eliza's struggle. Eliza's main struggle is with the monotony of her everyday life which suppresses her freedom, sexuality, and her desires as a women.
What struggles are there? The person who read too fast might ask, because she seems fine. She has a loving husband who goes to work everyday while she goes and becomes involved tendering to her beautiful garden which cons…
