Power

In the Storm, The chrysanthemums and Pauls choice there is a clear struggle for the main characters to fight social society in different time periods. In the storm, a form of power is gained within the main character, a female, through her ability to create desire. She knows that a man from her past wants her for her body, and because of this she feels an element of control over him. This 'control' becomes her sure of power which she was unable to find elsewhere. In the Chrysanthemums, the main character, also female, finds an artificial power within her ability to garden. A salesman pretends that he is interested in her abilities to garden and, because of this she feel a sense of power. Never gotten the interest of attention before, artificial or not, this is her short term "power". Lastly, in Pauls choice, the main character, Paul is trying to escape social society, in return for how he doesn't "fit into" the mold. He finds power in his ability to block people out, and at the end of the story he finds the "great escape" from the uncontrolled limitation of society.