'Put Meaning Behind The Chrysanthemums'

The author’s message is given through use of put meaning behind the chrysanthemums in the story making them symbols for anamplitude of different meanings.
The first meaning of what the chrysanthemum can symbolizes, is when Elisa interest peaks in when the opportunity to meet a tinker who provokes her interest in his lifestyle as a traveler who is in search of good weather. A new dialogue makes Elisa feel more openly and less manly when speaking to the stranger rather than her husband’s reiterating the same points of how strong of a women she is mentally and physically. Elisa’s appearance describe in line 6 through line 10 “a man`s black hat pulled low.. The knife she worked with.” and the yearning of wanting to be a women.
The next meaning

of the chrysanthemum is that they are Elisa’s outlet and pride. Elisa put a lot of her time and takes special care in maintaining her chrysanthemums which her husband sings her praises for her hard work and diligence to maintain such a lovely garden with healthy plants. The traveler also praises and respects her flowers by asking for some chrysanthemums to take to a friend. Elisa respects his wishes and gives him the flowers on lines 54 through 56 “Beautiful she said “oh beautiful”…come into the yard.” Elisa does this even though she knows he could be lying and sell them later on down the road since the character does seem very reliable.
Last, the symbolism of the chrysanthemums in the story is that they represent a part of Elisa’s garden which she put a lot of time into. Additionally the reason that she and her husband have so much free time and live the lifestyle they live is because they have no kids and the chrtanthemums represent some of her children and when she gives them away to the stranger because she feels that he can take better care of them. This obviously through some of the examples above but also in the end on line125 were is states “She was crying weakly feeling like an old woman”.