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    “The Story of an Hour” is falsely displayed as an incredibly sad loss of a husband to a good house wife named Mrs. Mallard whose first name is not important enough to become known. Unfortunately‚ there is more than one side to Mrs. Mallard and the relationship she has with her husband‚ Bentley Mallard. When Mrs. Mallard supposedly lost her husband she was brainstorming the possibilities of life after the death of her abusive and controlling husband just to be disappointed by the return of her so

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    Gay Marriage Kizzy Jones SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Daniel Beteta December 17‚ 2012 Gay Marriage Gay marriages are a worldwide issue of should it be allowed or not in today’s societies and has been a topic for many years. Gay marriage is a marriage between two people of same sex or gender. There are states and countries that are against just as well as for same sex marriage. It has been a problem about whether same sex couples should be able to marry since 1971

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    change a life in the blink of an eye. His one bad decision led to a chain link of other bad decisions. Brent left the party and started driving at the exact same time another girl he didn’t know did. Little did he realize‚ is that the effect of his choices would be a fatal car crash. Throughout the entire book‚ Brent’s perspective on Lea and his survival are shown through the whirligigs he builds. In the beginning of Whirligig‚ the author reveals Brent’s depression through his first whirligig. After

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    Reaction Since I have already read this story as a junior in high school I do not have a very strong reaction to it‚ although I can recall my reaction from when I first read this sad short story. I read this in my AP English class in high school and I had the teacher that stressed how everything had a meaning. Since this skill was already burned into my brain by the time we read this work by Kate Chopin‚ I could easily pick apart and decipher the meaning of this story. I believe that Kate Chopin carefully

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    chosen to compare the two short stories “The Story of an Hour”‚ by Kate Chopin and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by James Thurber. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a short story written in 1937. The main character is an older man that drives his wife to town for beauty parlor visits and weekly shopping. “The Story of an Hour” was published in 1894. The main character‚ Louise Mallard‚ thinks that she will find freedom from the death of her husband. These short stories share a common theme‚ gender

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    Whirligig – Chapter 8 Jenny feels helpless as someone that she loves and close to is dying – her grandmother. When the old woman tells Jenny to give her a ride around town‚ Jenny decides to help her because her mom wasn’t there‚ and she somehow desperately needed to see this place. So Jenny and her grandmother get into the car‚ and drive around the town. Her grandmother tells her to go places that don’t even make any sense‚ like a birch tree‚ and an old run down house. This old house was

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    The Story of an Hour: A Biographical Analysis Christina M. Salvador ENG125: Introduction to Literature Instructor:  Loretta Crosson February 17‚ 2014 The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour; is this a story of transformation and final freedom from a male oppressor? This paper submits a biographical analysis of the short story written by Kate Chopin and finds that The Story of an Hour is the chronicle of the life of Mrs. Chopin and perhaps a cathartic release of unfinished patriarchal injustice

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    Many events can happen within an hour whether they be good or bad. However‚ nothing compares to the hour in which Louise Mallard experienced in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of An Hour.” Chopin begins her story explaining that Mrs. Mallard suffers from a heart condition; this information‚ later on‚ becomes very significant. The news of Brently Mallard’s death comes as a shock to Louise‚ and she is immediately overcome with sorrow and pain as she mourns her husband’s death. The majority of

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    The Theme of Chopin’s Story of an Hour Literature uses written word to inspire readers and help them “become” part of the story. This escape route for readers is often the hook that catches them in the lip. In Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour‚ the literary elements that are planted so carefully throughout incite curiosity and pique the interest of its audience. This ironic tale is written in such a way that it was still considered for publication in the early 19th century‚ while also

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    Short stories are one of the many different forms of fiction writing that can be used to create different worlds and realities that we may not be able to experience in real life. In this case‚ Kate Chopin’s‚ The Story of an Hour is a great example of a plot twist that carries a powerful punch. The sudden altered outcome can leave a reader shocked and intrigued. However this sort of impact isn’t possible had the story not had a strong point-of-view‚ characters‚ setting‚ symbolism or plot. All of

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