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#no sowbugs or snails or cutworms" are there. "Her terrier fingers destroyed such pests before they could get started" (221). These pests represent something that ...#just as she would handle her own children. Elisa is protective of her flowers and places a fence around them; she makes sure that "no aphids#The chrysanthemums symbolize Elisa's "children." She tends her garden and handles the chrysanthemums with love and care#who also is the cause of her realization of reality and her crying.#of the main character. Elisa Allen is the main character who is at her strongest and most proud in the garden and weakened when she becomes vulnerable and loses her connection to the outer world. Elisa shows a new aura of confidence when she makes this co#and connection--being the most important#the story reveals strong symbolisms of children#At first glance John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums' seems to be a story of a woman whose niche is in the garden. Upon deeper inspection#Vulnerability