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 this setting contribute to Elisa's inner struggle?

The setting of the story contributed to Elisa's inner struggle as ranch life was boring to her and she felt unfulfilled.

Explanation:

'The Chrysanthemums' is a short story by John Steinbeck. The story is set in Salinas Valley during the winter season. Henry Allen lived with his wife across the Salinas River on the Salinas Valley on a ranch.

The description of setting by the author suggests that the foothill ranch was a place where there was hardly any work to do. The description of setting contributed to  Elisa's inner struggle as she felt bored on the ranch and unfulfilled. Elisa struggled from frustration of her life at ranch. This struggle was due to her not having a child and her husband not admiring her.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.