The_Chrysanthemums_菊花_斯坦贝克.pptVIP

英美小说 杜蓓蓓020801069 杨艺020801061 杨佳俊020801095 吴燕娟020801090 Do you remember ‘The Moon Is Down’ ? Have you heard of ‘The Grapes of Wrath ’? The Chrysanthemums[kri‘s?nθ?m?m]菊花  John Steinbeck John Steinbeck Born :February 27, 1902, in California College : Stanford University ,but never graduated First famous work: Tortilla Flat (1935)煎饼坪 Characters of his works: social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor Major works The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men East of Eden The Pearl Cannery Row The Long Valley Travels With Charley summary Elisa Allen and her husband Henry live peacefully on their farm. When Elisa is busy with her chrysanthemums in the garden, a tinker passes by and asks for work .She refused directly. Later when the man enquires about her chrysanthemums and asks for some “seeds” to bring to“ a lady”, Elisa gets emotional and finds him two pots to mend. The tinker drives away with fifty cents and the cuttings . When riding on the road with her husband, Elisa sees the chrysanthemum shoots she sent to the lady thrown on the road. She is dismayed and cries sadly . characters Elisa Allen A passionate woman who lives an unsatisfying life. As a result, she devotes all of her energy to maintaining her house and garden. Elisa is so frustrated with life that she readily looks for stimulating conversation and even sex. The Tinker He is clever and canny enough to convince the skeptical Elisa to give him work, begging at first and finally resorting to flattery. In fact ,he is just a con man. Henry Allen Elisa’s husband, Henry ,is everything a woman should want in a husband by the standards of his society . He provides for her, treats her with respect. However, Henry is also stolid and unimaginative. Henry functions in the story as a stand-in for patriarchal society as a whole. He believes that a strict line separates the sexes. Symbols---Chrysanthemums The chrysan