2. in "the chrysanthemums," the character of elisa interacts differently with henry than she does with the traveling repairman. describe elisa's interactions with these two characters and explain how these interactions influence her development as a character. be sure to use specific examples from the text to support your answer. (15 points)

Elisa 's  unsatisfaction can be seen through  her interactions with Henry, her husband , and with the traveling repairman. Elisa  treats her husband indifferently. In fact, Henry does not take her talents very seriously. Ellen is good at gardening and whenever her husband sees her do this task, he teases her. Henry takes his wife's interests for granted since he thinks she might be interested in watching men's fights if they go out in the evening. However, Henry is also joking; he knows that Elisa will not accept his invitation because she is a woman and women have to be interested only in home tasks. Elisa is used to this routine. Elisa just answers mechanically to her husbands comments. Elisa interacts more enthusiatically with the repairman. Although Elisa says she has nothing to get fixed, the repairman can make Elisa give him some work. Elisa gets attracted to him. As he tells her he has got a customer interested in gardening, Elisa gives him a lot of information about her Chrysanthemum. She speaks a lot with the man. She bombards him with information. In this was, the repairman can achieve his purpose  to fix Elisa's pans. Elisa also feels physically attracted to him ; she almost touches his leg while she is kneeling on her garden. Elisa  realises that she in unhappy with Henry and thinks the repairman may love her. However, this potential love affair is in her imagination. While she is going out with her husband in the evening, Elisa can see  from the car that the repairman has thrown all her  chrysanthemums. Elisa just accepts her dull role; she will always be unhappy and married to Henry.

b i think or maybe d

explanation:

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,