The Storm Kate Chopin Analysis
The story is very interesting and really loved every bit of it. It captures the attention of the reader. At the same time it very heartbreaking and sad as the man reading the book and the character in the book are one and the same and as he is reaching the end of his book, his life is also reaching its end. It is also very unfortunate that the man had an intense infatuation with reading that he does not notice his killer approaching with knife in hand. It is important to pay attention to our surrounding even if we are concentrating on something.
Why the title continuity of parks? What parks and why continuity? What do you think he means with parks? A man reads a novel while enjoying the view of the park from his window. The story he is reading …show more content…
is about a man who is to be murdered by his wife’s lover. However, the setting becomes symbolic as the man reading the novel becomes also a victim of murder executed by his own wife’s lover. So, what seems like two different parks in the two stories actually ends up being the same park. Therefore, the title: Continuity of Parks. What is the plot? The story begins with an affluent entrepreneur reading a novel he had started reading a few days earlier in his house. He had not been able to start reading it due to business matters. He sits in a green velvet armchair with his back to the door while enjoying his cigarettes and the view of the park from his study window. He is infatuated by the novel, in which a man and woman meet in a cabin and they are lovers. They have plotted the murder of the woman’s husband with a knife. The woman goes north, and the man goes to her house. Armed with the knife, the man goes inside the house and sees his victim: a man who’s sitting in a green velvet armchair reading a novel. Does the lover kill the man, did he or didn't he kilo the man and why? The lover killed the man as they had agreed with the man’s wife. Though the story does not include how the man was killed, it is obvious that he was killed as the book he was reading was exactly the interpretation of what was going or rather what was about to happen to his life. When the lover creeps into the room where the man was reading the story, we realize that fiction and reality have merged together and that the reader has become a part of the fictional world in his book where the man was killed.
- Can we change the ending of the story to include how the man was killed? Basically, this story leaves the readers in suspense thus does not fully satisfy the curiosity of the reader. However, even if the story does not highlight how the man was killed, we are aware that the lover was armed with a dagger. Bearing this in mind we can speculate that the man was maybe stabbed to death. From this point of view, I think there is no need to change the ending of the story to include how the man was killed. We only need to think beyond the box ,after all, literature is all about analyzing the stories and coming up with suitable answers but not changing the actual story to provide desirable answers.
The storm (Kate Chopin)
- Is kalixta in love with her husband?
It seems like Calixta loves her husband Bobinôt because she is worried for his safety when he is out in the storm and she is relieved when he and and their son Bibi return unharmed. She was also very delighted when her husband gave her the shrimps he had bought for her. She seems to be making a real effort to maintain a happy family life. She gave her husband a smacking kiss on the cheek that resounded and also she embraced him so tight. Subsequently, at dinner, "when the three seated themselves at table they laughed much and so loud. - Why are both families happy at the end of the story?
Both families are happy at the end of the story because the storm renewed the relationships between the families by showing the love after the passion. Though the aftermath of the extra marital affair should have brought sadness, it indeed brought happiness. As the storm ends, Calixta and Alcee’s change in how they see things. They have a new appreciation for their families, especially their spouses. This is emphasized even more when they are shown coming into contact with their families once again. For instance, Calixta is not mad at both his husband and son due to their muddy clothes and she even embraces them which make them very happy with it. Calixta feels appreciation for her family again and is happier with her life—she no longer feels so
muffled.
- Why were Calixta and the husband and the son not a happy family at the beginning?
Calixter and her husband were not a happy family at the beginning because they were in a unsatisfying marriage. Calixta was deprived of emotional needs and that is why she gave in to the enticement of Alcee. On the other hand, Bobinot, is portrayed as a man who expresses more fear of his wife than affection for her. This fear prevents him from satisfying his marital needs. Their son Bibi is also not happy as the fears caused by his mother creates tensions that deny him a happy childhood.
Why the title continuity of parks? What parks and why continuity? What do you think he means with parks? A man reads a novel while enjoying the view of the park from his window. The story he is reading …show more content…
is about a man who is to be murdered by his wife’s lover. However, the setting becomes symbolic as the man reading the novel becomes also a victim of murder executed by his own wife’s lover. So, what seems like two different parks in the two stories actually ends up being the same park. Therefore, the title: Continuity of Parks. What is the plot? The story begins with an affluent entrepreneur reading a novel he had started reading a few days earlier in his house. He had not been able to start reading it due to business matters. He sits in a green velvet armchair with his back to the door while enjoying his cigarettes and the view of the park from his study window. He is infatuated by the novel, in which a man and woman meet in a cabin and they are lovers. They have plotted the murder of the woman’s husband with a knife. The woman goes north, and the man goes to her house. Armed with the knife, the man goes inside the house and sees his victim: a man who’s sitting in a green velvet armchair reading a novel. Does the lover kill the man, did he or didn't he kilo the man and why? The lover killed the man as they had agreed with the man’s wife. Though the story does not include how the man was killed, it is obvious that he was killed as the book he was reading was exactly the interpretation of what was going or rather what was about to happen to his life. When the lover creeps into the room where the man was reading the story, we realize that fiction and reality have merged together and that the reader has become a part of the fictional world in his book where the man was killed.
- Can we change the ending of the story to include how the man was killed? Basically, this story leaves the readers in suspense thus does not fully satisfy the curiosity of the reader. However, even if the story does not highlight how the man was killed, we are aware that the lover was armed with a dagger. Bearing this in mind we can speculate that the man was maybe stabbed to death. From this point of view, I think there is no need to change the ending of the story to include how the man was killed. We only need to think beyond the box ,after all, literature is all about analyzing the stories and coming up with suitable answers but not changing the actual story to provide desirable answers.
The storm (Kate Chopin)
- Is kalixta in love with her husband?
It seems like Calixta loves her husband Bobinôt because she is worried for his safety when he is out in the storm and she is relieved when he and and their son Bibi return unharmed. She was also very delighted when her husband gave her the shrimps he had bought for her. She seems to be making a real effort to maintain a happy family life. She gave her husband a smacking kiss on the cheek that resounded and also she embraced him so tight. Subsequently, at dinner, "when the three seated themselves at table they laughed much and so loud. - Why are both families happy at the end of the story?
Both families are happy at the end of the story because the storm renewed the relationships between the families by showing the love after the passion. Though the aftermath of the extra marital affair should have brought sadness, it indeed brought happiness. As the storm ends, Calixta and Alcee’s change in how they see things. They have a new appreciation for their families, especially their spouses. This is emphasized even more when they are shown coming into contact with their families once again. For instance, Calixta is not mad at both his husband and son due to their muddy clothes and she even embraces them which make them very happy with it. Calixta feels appreciation for her family again and is happier with her life—she no longer feels so
muffled.
- Why were Calixta and the husband and the son not a happy family at the beginning?
Calixter and her husband were not a happy family at the beginning because they were in a unsatisfying marriage. Calixta was deprived of emotional needs and that is why she gave in to the enticement of Alcee. On the other hand, Bobinot, is portrayed as a man who expresses more fear of his wife than affection for her. This fear prevents him from satisfying his marital needs. Their son Bibi is also not happy as the fears caused by his mother creates tensions that deny him a happy childhood.