"Chrysanthemums" & "The Girls In their Summer Dresses"

in the story "The Girls in their Summer Dresses" the author must have the setting be located in an urban area in which a large scale shopping mall or strip is available because this is crucial to having the mass amounts of women in their dresses be plausible. The author could change the setting from one major city to the next but other than that this story offers very little room for change in the category of setting. The conlfict that most jumps out at me in this story is man vs self and Michael more than anyone is the best example. His love and almost ubsession with women is causing him to have doubts and question his relationship and whether or not he would rather be playing the field. However a spin off of Michael's internal conflict is that he is making Frances question herself and is making her feel insecure because she sees him looking at other women and begins to wonder if she is good enough or if a relationship with a guy like Michael is what is best for her.

In the story "Chrysanthemums" I find the pot fixer man to be extremely untrustworthy. His tone made him come off as the kind of guy that will tell you anything in order to get your business. He is also very pushy for business and attempts to make the woman feel guilty when she has nothing for him to sharpen or fix by telling her that he guesses he wont be eating dinner that night. It was also very annoying how he felt the need to say that he was good at everything he did, overall he came off as untrustworthy and irritable to me.