SOURCE: “‘The Chrysanthemums’: Waiting for Rain,” in John Steinbeck's Re-vision of America, The University of Georgia Press, 1985, pp. 108–13.
In the following essay, Owens correlates Elisa Allen's desire for rain with her need for personal fulfillment.
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