An Analysis Of Kate Chopin s The Story Of An Hour And...

Tia Howard Professor Dr. Prince-leaf English 28 November 2016 Identity In the stories â€Å" The Story Of an Hour† by Kate Chopin and â€Å"Everyday Use† by Alice Walker; The two main character’s, Louise Mallard and Dee Johnson, live in a world faced with a challenge of questioning on the life they have been accustomed to for years. Furthermore, this causes one to feel oppressed, and the other one to feel they have to live a different life in order to feel fulfilled. Ultimately, not being able to feel fulfilled limits the opportunity of true happiness. Louise Mallard, a young woman with a heart condition, finds out about her husband’s sudden death. Instead of Mrs. Mallard feeling a sense of grief, she starts to feel free. Mrs. Mallard felt inferior, and like a caged bird when it came to being married to her husband. In contrast, Dee Johnson, a college student in Augusta, grew up below the poverty line. Dee always been the type to like fine things, but Dee didn’t like her living conditions at home. Dee decided to branch outside her morals, beliefs, and away from self since being away at college. Though both ladies have different stories. With the alternating changes, both women are faced with the challenges of self-identity. â€Å"The Story of an Hour† main character is Louise Mallard. Louise is a young women, born during a time where women had to put themselves to the side, and their husbands before them. Though Louise has a heart problem, she finds out news of her husband suddenShow MoreRelatedNineteenth Century Gender Roles Exposed in The Necklace and The Story of an Hour2020 Words   |  9 PagesThe Necklace and The story of an hour represents gender roles as defined by the nineteenth century society guidelines . The The Story of an Hour was set in the late nineteenth century in the home of Louise Mallard.(Kate Chopin).It was written on April 19, 1894,by Kate Chopin. The theme Many also focus on women revolt against conformity, often against gender conformity or against social norms that limit omens possibilities in life. (Emmert, Scott ) The story was first titled TheRead MoreKate Chopin s An Hour899 Words   |  4 PagesThe author has to choose the gender of their main character, and by Kate Chopin choosing a woman it set a completely different mood to the story rather than it being a man. The time this story was written were women were suppose to be submissive and loyal to their husbands, caring and nurturing for their children, and well-bred, catering hostesses. If a woman were to overstep such boundaries, she would be considered unladylike, scandalous, or even immoral. Society looks differently upon a personRead MoreChopin VS Thurber and Relationships2545 Words   |  11 PagesIn the stories â€Å"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty† by James Thurber (Clugston, sec. h1.1) and â€Å"The Story of an Hour† by Kate Chopin (Clugston, sec. h2.1) escapism is a similar theme with in both these stories, yet there is a slight variance in how each of these authors place these characters into their escape fro m reality, relationships, and everyday chaos. In each of these stories the author shows the characters escaping the realities of the relationship, one through Walter Mitts’ daydreams, and theRead MoreFeminism : A Feminist Perspective1904 Words   |  8 Pagesfeminist analysis, a text that draws on and influences the various applications of women’s roles in society such as gender and class, sexuality, race/ethnicity, psychology, literary form, etc. But how can one text appeal to and demonstrate every possible perspective in feminism? The feminist analysis isn’t alone. Over time, various authors and feminists publishing well-known literary texts demonstrate a theme and challenge feminism that tests society’s structure. Authors such as Kate Chopin and her