steinbeck's chrysanthemums

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…showed last 75 words of 1085 total…conclusion, the reader is able to tell that Elisa has no desire to be strong anymore. She relates the way she feels in several symbolic ways. One was by asking Henry if women ever go to those fights, and the others were when she turned her face from him, said it will be enough for her if they can have wine at dinner, and then when she began to cry weakly, like an old woman.