![]() ![]() In many ways, Henry’s character serves as a personification of the American patriarchy-he believes very little in Elisa and expects even less. ![]() In addition to ignoring Elisa’s professional capabilities, Henry also neglects Elisa emotionally and sexually, evident by their childless marriage and Elisa’s immediate attraction to the tinker as soon as he expresses the slightest attention to her personal interests and desires. Unlike Elisa, Henry is content with society’s prescribed gender roles and expects nothing from his wife outside of her responsibilities as a homemaker. Henry provides Elisa with a comfortable life (his farming business seems to do well, as he negotiates the sale of thirty head of cattle with representatives from the Western Meat Company at the start of the story) and he appears to be a kind, if traditionally-minded, husband nevertheless, Elisa is clearly unhappy in their marriage. ![]() The husband of Elisa Allen, Henry is a farmer living in the Salinas Valley of California during the 1930’s. ![]()
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