1. Feminism in John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums."
It is also interesting to note that these women always have the perfect or "ultimate" bodies; they are well toned, and have a small waist with large spherically rounded breasts. ... They are often depicted as beauty without brains and in the event that there is a smart and assertive woman, she is often ugly. ...
Lessing starts off the story with a description of three men at work on the roof during the week of the hot sun. I believe Lessing wanted to emphasize the characteristics of men of the construction class. These guys were tough, they were constantly exposed to heat, hard headed, domineering and egois...
