Compare/Contrast Short Stories
Both “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Interlopers” by Saki are similar in moral but different in context. Both stories show great examples of how assumption can be used in the wrong context. When two people make different assumptions about the same thing in “The Interlopers” they realize that what they assume was a wild beast in the forest behind their houses was only each other. In “The Story of an Hour” when people assume that Mrs. Mallard is going to take the news of her husband's death poorly, because of her heart troubles, they told her in broken sentences and just as they finished telling her and she began to weep, her husband walks in surprising them all.
“The Interlopers” by Saki teaches that assumption and wanting your way is wrong. In this story, two neighbors hear noises in the forest that lines up to their backyards. Both men thought the noises were coming from a “beast” so they went out in the middle of the night to go hunt for it. But when they find each other while hunting for the “beast” they become …show more content…
Mrs. Mallard was a sick elderly lady who had a heart trouble. Her husband was in an accident while away from home. Her sister and her husbands friend went to her house and told her. Her sister used broken sentences, hinting and slowly unveiling the whole truth of her husband's death. As Mrs. Mallard began to weep and grieve in her sister's arms and Mr. Mallard's friends began to comfort her the front door handle began to turn and open. And in walked Mr. Mallard; all three were shocked. His friend gestured to his wife as a hint to ask what's wrong, when he did he was confused because they said he had he died in an accident. Mrs. Mallard's husband explained that he wasn't in an accident, clearly, and had no knowledge of any accident but that he was out on a walk and it was rainy, which is why he was
Both “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Interlopers” by Saki are similar in moral but different in context. Both stories show great examples of how assumption can be used in the wrong context. When two people make different assumptions about the same thing in “The Interlopers” they realize that what they assume was a wild beast in the forest behind their houses was only each other. In “The Story of an Hour” when people assume that Mrs. Mallard is going to take the news of her husband's death poorly, because of her heart troubles, they told her in broken sentences and just as they finished telling her and she began to weep, her husband walks in surprising them all.
“The Interlopers” by Saki teaches that assumption and wanting your way is wrong. In this story, two neighbors hear noises in the forest that lines up to their backyards. Both men thought the noises were coming from a “beast” so they went out in the middle of the night to go hunt for it. But when they find each other while hunting for the “beast” they become …show more content…
Mrs. Mallard was a sick elderly lady who had a heart trouble. Her husband was in an accident while away from home. Her sister and her husbands friend went to her house and told her. Her sister used broken sentences, hinting and slowly unveiling the whole truth of her husband's death. As Mrs. Mallard began to weep and grieve in her sister's arms and Mr. Mallard's friends began to comfort her the front door handle began to turn and open. And in walked Mr. Mallard; all three were shocked. His friend gestured to his wife as a hint to ask what's wrong, when he did he was confused because they said he had he died in an accident. Mrs. Mallard's husband explained that he wasn't in an accident, clearly, and had no knowledge of any accident but that he was out on a walk and it was rainy, which is why he was