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What Does Elisa Want? ... I want to explain Elisa’s confusion and
identity crisis. Throughout this essay I hope to show Elisa’s thinking behind
her confusion.
Elisa has a number of masculine traits. In Steinbeck’s first description
of Elisa, he describes the house she tends to as hard-cleaned and hard-
polished. ...
Although she does have these masculine traits, bear in mind that
after she gets out of the shower she does put on a dress – “the dress which is
the symbol of her prettiness” (246). ... Gardening, even if it is done in Elisa’s
overpowering and masculine way, is traditionally a female activity.
Steinbeck describes Elisa in the garden just after describing her husband and
other men in business suits. This transition highlights Elisa’s femininity
through the contrast of the men in business suits and her in the garden caring
for flowers. He moves from saying “they smoked cigarettes and studied the
machine as they talked,” to “Elisa watched them for a moment and then
went back to her work in the garden” (240).
Approximate Word count = 840
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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