Page 1 In John Steinbeck’s story The Chrysanthemums he makes the story very interesting with his usage of setting, local color, and the characterization he uses. Steinbeck wrote The Chrysanthemums as part of a collection of stories in The Long Valley in 1938. Steinbeck who is of Irish and German ancestry was born in Salinas, Monterey County, California. Steinbeck sporadically attended Stanford University from 1920 to 1925 but never received his degree because he decided to move on …showed first 75 words of 460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 460 total…given. Steinbeck uses many interesting styles in his writings. Styles way different from any other author, his usage of imagery, setting, local color, and characterization get deeper and deeper as you read more of his stories. The more you understand these styles the more interesting Steinbecks works are. Page 3 Works Cited Covici, Pascal Jr. The Portable Steinbeck. The Viking Press; N. Y., 1971 Barnet, Sylvan. et.al. An Introduction to Literature. Addison Wesley Longman; N.Y., 1997