Analysis of Kate Chopin's Writing
Bailey Weber
Todoran
Period-8
3/4/12
Kate Chopin Many people look at Kate Chopin’s writing as all one sided for womens’ rights. The idea of her being a woman and wanting gender equality blinds people about a more important message. This message is that all people have faults about them and that some men can be strong and some can be weak, and the same goes for women. Humans, more or less human nature itself, have many flaws about them. Kate Chopin uses figurative language to create a main character or idea that tries to overcome an obstacle or oppressor of some sort. Kate Chopin uses figurative language, mostly commonly imagery, metaphors, and personification, to develop her flawed characters and ideas. In “A Harbinger” Bruno looks at the church where “[someone else] had gathered this wildflower for his own…to have been only love’s harbinger after all!” The metaphor comparing Diantha to a wild flower makes her seem so beautiful and it magnifies the mistake that Bruno made, which is waiting too long for her to come to him. Juanita, the main character in “Juanita” is described as “very shy…five-feet-ten, and more than two-hundred pounds of substantial flesh…” This is good use of imagery which describes Juanita as beautiful, but overweight. The part about being overweight is a major flaw which she possesses, but seems to be beneficial compared the standards of the men in her town. The blind man in “The Blind Man” while trying to sell pencils to make a living had “Hunger, with sharp fangs, [that] was gnawing at his stomach and a consuming thirst parched his mouth and tortured him. The sun was broiling.” The personification gives the reader a horrible sense of how the hunger feels to the blind man, and it makes the sun seem hotter than what it really is. The title, “The Blind Man” tells the reader what the flaw about the man is too. It is self-explainable. He is blind. Joyce Dyer, a literary criticist, claims that Chopin uses imagery in order to create southern
Todoran
Period-8
3/4/12
Kate Chopin Many people look at Kate Chopin’s writing as all one sided for womens’ rights. The idea of her being a woman and wanting gender equality blinds people about a more important message. This message is that all people have faults about them and that some men can be strong and some can be weak, and the same goes for women. Humans, more or less human nature itself, have many flaws about them. Kate Chopin uses figurative language to create a main character or idea that tries to overcome an obstacle or oppressor of some sort. Kate Chopin uses figurative language, mostly commonly imagery, metaphors, and personification, to develop her flawed characters and ideas. In “A Harbinger” Bruno looks at the church where “[someone else] had gathered this wildflower for his own…to have been only love’s harbinger after all!” The metaphor comparing Diantha to a wild flower makes her seem so beautiful and it magnifies the mistake that Bruno made, which is waiting too long for her to come to him. Juanita, the main character in “Juanita” is described as “very shy…five-feet-ten, and more than two-hundred pounds of substantial flesh…” This is good use of imagery which describes Juanita as beautiful, but overweight. The part about being overweight is a major flaw which she possesses, but seems to be beneficial compared the standards of the men in her town. The blind man in “The Blind Man” while trying to sell pencils to make a living had “Hunger, with sharp fangs, [that] was gnawing at his stomach and a consuming thirst parched his mouth and tortured him. The sun was broiling.” The personification gives the reader a horrible sense of how the hunger feels to the blind man, and it makes the sun seem hotter than what it really is. The title, “The Blind Man” tells the reader what the flaw about the man is too. It is self-explainable. He is blind. Joyce Dyer, a literary criticist, claims that Chopin uses imagery in order to create southern