Mr. frost's book reveals a disease which is eating into the vitals of our new england life, at least in its rural
communities
what is there in the hard, vigorous climate of these states which plants the seeds of degeneration? is the
violence and ugliness of their religious belief the cause of these twisted and tortured lives? have the sane,
full-blooded men all been drafted away to the cities, or the west, leaving behind only feeble remainders of a
once fine stock..
mr. frost's is not the kindly new england of whittier, nor the humorous and sensible one of lowell, it is a
latter-day new england, where a civilization is decaying to give place to another and very different one.

at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.

lawrence   quinn is the main antagonist of the 2003 live action film adaptation of the cat in the hat. he is the waldens' pompous neighbor whose goal is to marry joan walden for her wealth and get rid of her son conrad by sending him to military school.