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Historical Context of The Chrysanthemums. Steinbeck wrote and published “The Chrysanthemums” in 1937, one year after the New Deal, a series of public programs and projects implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s New Deal sought to bring relief and reformation to those who were hit hardest by the Great Depression, and ...
The Inequality of Gender. “The Chrysanthemums” is an understated but pointed critique of a society that has no place for intelligent women. Elisa is smart, energetic, attractive, and ambitious, but all these attributes go to waste. Although the two key men in the story are less interesting and talented than she, their lives are far more ...
The Chrysanthemums. The “high grey-flannel fog of winter” has settled over California’s Salinas Valley, sealing it like a “closed pot.”. The cut hay fields appear to retain the absent sunlight of summer, conveying a sense of optimism even in December. The valley, home to Elisa and Henry Allen ’s farm, has entered a period of dormancy.
John Steinbeck. (27 de febrero, 1902 – 20 de diciembre, 1968) Los crisantemos (1937) (“The Chrysanthemums”) Originalmente publicado en Harper’s Magazine, 175 (Octubre 1937); The Long Valley. (Nueva York: The Viking Press, 1938, 303 págs.) Una niebla invernal, gris y espesa separaba al Valle de Salinas del cielo y del resto del mundo.
Themes and Meanings. John Steinbeck published “The Chrysanthemums” in a collection of stories called The Long Valley (1938). They are set in the Salinas Valley in California where he was born ...
Books. The Chrysanthemums. John Steinbeck. Perfection Form Company, 1979 - Self-actualization (Psychology) - 32 pages. Set in the 1930's, this is the story of Elisa who raises chrysanthemums and yearns for a more meaningful outlet for her strength and latent abilities.
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