Comparing The Vigilante 'And The Chrysanthemums'

Mike of “The vigilante” and Elisa Allen of “Chrysanthemums” felt an emptiness inside them, which made them expose their dark shadow by being someone who they find disgusting and never wanted to reveal to the outside world that caused them to reject their actions in the end that created pain in the inside.
Mike and Elisa Allen from the stories, “The Vigilante” and “The Chrysanthemums”, from the Steinbeck novel, “The Valley”, both have a shadow that they do not want to reveal to the outside world. The characters in these stories do not realize they have a shadow because they have a cycle of whom they think they are in order to fit in their society. Jung states that “ the shadow is an integral part of our nature, and it can never be simply eliminated”

She would escape by “working in her garden […](Steinbeck 9)” she would grow chrysanthemums, which she was cutting while saw two men talking to her husband. She enjoyed working in her garden because she has a gift on making flowers grow. While Henry her husband left to do some last minute errands before they left for their movie and dinner, she encountered a stranger who rides along the river. The stranger who rode up in a wagon with a horse, a donkey, and a dog traveling from San Diego to Seattle every year tells Elisa “ I ain’t in any hurry, ma’am” (Steinbeck 14). He does not want to leave Elisa any time soon because he grew fund of her, asking her if she “needs” pots fixed. Elisa being closed pot, he would fix her, by sleeping with her and repairing her. Elisa rejects his offer irritably not having anything for him to fix while keeping up with the conversation with her about her garden and flowers “Elisa eyes grew alert and eager” (Steinbeck 16). She began to be interested in him and began to reveal her shadow by giving him all her attention when he talks to her. She takes her hat out and put her hair down begins to flirt with him. She’s on her knees on the ground kneeling towards him, “her beast swelled passionately”. She wants him to look at her breast and make a move on her like he did before. However, he did not take the offer and looked away from her. “Kneeling there, her hand went out toward his legs in the greasy black trousers. Her hesitant fingers almost touched the cloth” (Steinbeck 18). She reveals her shadow by being sexual towards the stranger and did not wanted to stop because she’s not happy with her husband. Being rejected by the stranger, she felt ashamed. The stranger manner changed immediately, he became more professional towards her. Feeling ashamed, she “ran hurriedly into the house”(Steinbeck 20). She felt disgusted by