Elisa's Emotions in Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums" The short story, "Chrysanthemums", written by John Steinbeck, is a story that uses plenty of symbolic objects and symbolic personal attributes to the characters. ... They are both important to an extent in the story, but the relationship between Elisa and her chrysanthemums plays a major role because the Elisa is attached to chrysanthemums emotionally, while her emotional attachment to Henry, if any, hardly shows that it exists. ... "Oh, those are chrysanthemums, giant whites and yellows. ... In Elisa's case, the value...

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