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Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" is a feminist text. Throughout the whole book there is a slight undertone about how Elisa is tired of her life and wants to leave her husband and the boring tedious life she leads there with him. While she is a somewhat strong woman, what with helping around on the farm, it still seems like she is eager to get away from it all and have an adventure. The story begins with discussing how good of a gardener Elisa is, and how proud she is of her garden. Gardening is usually though of by people as something that more girls tend to do, especially with flowers. When men garden it is usually referred to as planting, and in the story it appears that her husbands planting is crops, and Elisa just deals with flowers. Generally when Elisa is introduced to the prospects of doing the typical female thing, such as dinner with her husband, you can see her change and she becomes weak. No longer is she seen as strong like she is when she is gardening.
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