The_Chrysantemums

The Chrysantemums How Communication Can Affect A Marriage In the story “The Chrysantemums”, the author John Steinbeck presents a marriage with a serious problems of communication. To presents these problems he used the flower as a symbol ( the chrysanthemums) to represent the wife “Elisa Allen”. At the beginning of the story the husband, who is always working on the farm, showed how he is with his wife. The author presents us this situation by letting us know how the husband feels about the chrysanthemums: “I wish you’d work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big”. With this, the husband showed the little apreciation he has for the his wife. “Elisa Allen”, who does not feel appreciated by her husband devotes all her energy in taking care of her chrysanthemums: “Her face was lean and strong and her eyes were as clear as water. Her figure looked blocked and heavy in her gardering costume, a man´s black hat pulled low down over her eyes...The chrysanthemum stems seemed too small and easy for her energy”. The problem of communication was more because of “Elisa”. When she talks to her husband, she never said what she really wanted to say. For chrysanthemums, elisa, husband, after, showed, mysterious, man, confidence, wife, wanted, really, presents, interest, go, face, don´t, communication, changed, about, without, very, think, symbol, story, problems, much, just, interested, flower, energy, elisa´s, dress, chrysanthemum, because, author