The three short stories that I have chosen to read are Araby, by James Joyce, The Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck, and A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty. After much consideration, I have decided to use The Chrysanthemums as the focus short story for my literary analysis. This is because The Chrysanthemums is not only long enough to contain many literary elements, but the main character, Elisa, would be a great example of a round character. (A round character can have multiple personalities, meaning that he/she cannot be strictly classified under one category.)
Elisa, in The Chrysanthemums, originally seems to be a very intense and precise gardener, and the readers get the impression that perhaps she is so obsessed with gardening because of her mother. Although John Steinbeck does not directly dismiss this idea in his writing, he does seem to give the impression that Elisa simply gardens furiously to keep her mind off of what she really wants to do in life. She wants to have the freedom to do whatever she wants whenever she wants, just as a man is free to do without being persecuted.
Reading Log:
short story work: 10/25/13 - 30 min
10/26/13 - 50 min
Allegiant, Veronica Roth : 10/27/13 - 20 min
10/28/13 - 20 min
Total:120 min
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