In the short stories “The Storm” by Kate Chopin and “The Gilded Six-Bits” by Zora Neale Hurston, infidelity is a clear theme within both of these stories. Character’s actions during and after committing infidelity immediately describe how the characters are as a person. Both stories are different when it comes to the setting and tone, yet both stories share similarities in the action the characters’ commit, narrative structure and the theme.
The author’s narrative structure starts by describing the setting first in “The Strom” and “The Gilded Six-Bits”. The characters might had committed the same actions but their environment was not the same. Missie May in “The Gilded Six-Bits” lived in Florida in which the narrator describes as “a Negro …show more content…
All of the characters’ tone change after the affair they commit. Joe wakes up the next morning asking Missie “ain’t you gonna fix me no breakfus?” almost demanding her to do her daily duties because even though she cheated on him, she is still his wife (Hurston 288). She gets up quickly and makes him breakfast. At the table she is not feeling good so she claims “Ah don’t choose none, Ah thank yuh” (288). Her tone is full of regret and by not eating shows that she is punishing herself. Joe tells Missie May that she “ain’t got no business choppin’ wood” informing the reader that Joe attitude shows he cares about Missie May even after the affair (289). Calixta on the other hand, prepares supper after Alcee leaves her house but when her husband and son get home her tone changes. During the bad weather she was scared that something might had happen to Bobinôt and Bibi. When she is with Alcee she is not thinking about Bobinôt nor Bibi. Then, Bobinôt gives the shrimp to Calixta and she reacts by saying “Shrimps! Oh, Bobinôt! you too good fo’anything!”(Chopin 282). Calixta acts has if nothing happened and she shows no regret and she even kissed her
The author’s narrative structure starts by describing the setting first in “The Strom” and “The Gilded Six-Bits”. The characters might had committed the same actions but their environment was not the same. Missie May in “The Gilded Six-Bits” lived in Florida in which the narrator describes as “a Negro …show more content…
All of the characters’ tone change after the affair they commit. Joe wakes up the next morning asking Missie “ain’t you gonna fix me no breakfus?” almost demanding her to do her daily duties because even though she cheated on him, she is still his wife (Hurston 288). She gets up quickly and makes him breakfast. At the table she is not feeling good so she claims “Ah don’t choose none, Ah thank yuh” (288). Her tone is full of regret and by not eating shows that she is punishing herself. Joe tells Missie May that she “ain’t got no business choppin’ wood” informing the reader that Joe attitude shows he cares about Missie May even after the affair (289). Calixta on the other hand, prepares supper after Alcee leaves her house but when her husband and son get home her tone changes. During the bad weather she was scared that something might had happen to Bobinôt and Bibi. When she is with Alcee she is not thinking about Bobinôt nor Bibi. Then, Bobinôt gives the shrimp to Calixta and she reacts by saying “Shrimps! Oh, Bobinôt! you too good fo’anything!”(Chopin 282). Calixta acts has if nothing happened and she shows no regret and she even kissed her