The Chyrsanthemums by John Steinbeck

Yesterday we went over the The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck, a wonderful short story that was first published in 1937 in Harper's Magazine. The story focuses on how Elias, Henry's wife, is learning about herself and her role in the male orientated society. As a reading group, we broke down the story and discussed the actions that took place by each character and talked about their personality traits, and the significance of a chrysanthemum and its role in the story. At the end of our session, we watch the video which was a great way to summarize the short story and all we had talked about in our session. On Friday, we will share poems and short stories we have written ourselves and get our next week's reading.