23. Lines 408-429: What earlier scene is echoed in these lines? What does this suggest about Tom's feelings as he watches Fran tend to the newborn babies?
What theme does it suggest?

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.

the punctuation used in this line was exclamation points. exclamation points can show excitement, anxiousness, and etc.