In the short story the chrysanthemums by john steinbeck the author describes the foothill ranch as a place where there was little work to be done how does the setting contribute to elisa's inner struggle

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.