In the book Story of an Hour, the use of limited narrative allows for us to see and understand what was going on the mind of Louise, while giving hints as to what is going on in the minds of the other characters in relation to Louise and enabling us to come up with a logical conclusion as to how the actions or words of the characters causes the main character to react or behave. In Story of an Hour we see that Louise “…wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms”. In this quote we are lead to believe that Louise feels great grief as expected of someone who has just lost their husband and so far is going with the convention, however, we see that “The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her
