Question

Elisas character in chrysanthemums expresses a universal longing to reach beyond our circumstances to be more and do more. Find a character in another story from this unit that shares Elisas longing. For each character, explain how the author conveys thus universal longing and makes the reader empathize with the character. How are the two characters similar and different? With which character do you feel the strongest empathy and why?
I just need a specific character to put me on track.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

You could talk about "The Tinker" a character who, just as she wants for something, but who is different from Elisa is able to search for her own goal.

The thinker is a tinker and his desire is to be successful in this area and to be successful. This desire makes him very ambitious and uses any subterfuge to get what he wants, often being a liar, dishonest and manipulative, but he always manages to achieve the goals he proposes for himself. That's because he is a man within a sexist society that allows him the freedom to do what he wants.

Similar to The tinker, Elisa is also ambitious, but her ambition is to have freedom, to be able to make choices and direct her own life, but she is constantly deprived of it and all opportunities that the world can offer are denied to her, even if she is a kind and gemble person. This is because, as a woman, Elisa is not seen by society as free, but as the property of a man to whom she owes servitude and obedience.