Comparing The Storm To Bibi By Kate Chopin: A Literary Analysis

One of the greatest abilities in writing is getting the reader to convey with the characters, to feel how they feel in that exact moment. This is a bond we gain between us and the characters, we learn to understand these characters. When a reader can truly bond or empathize with the characters, we can really know what they are thinking and relate to them on a more personal level. When we feel sorrow or pain from a characters actions or emotions, we know that the author has indeed bonded us with conveying characters. In this short story, Chopin tells the complete story of woman’s desperation between two men. The storm is used as an active symbol to describe the scene in which she makes a rash decision through vivid imagery and deep language throughout. It is with the storm that brings out the real emotions from her characters and what drives the story. The storm begins its approach on Calixta’s home while her husband Bobinot and son Bibi are out at the store. At this point, Bobinot and Bibi soon realize that it is way too dangerous to leave the store with the weather being the way it was. Bobinot describes the storm to Bibi by turning his …show more content…
Through her in-depth contrast and description, the reader is able to feel the real emotions between the characters. We get to understand Calixta’s real feelings, the correlation between her thoughts on the storm and Alcee. Chopin displays Calixta’s raw suppressed emotions so vividly that we know that when she is finally in Alcee’s arms, nothing else will matter. All of her suppressed feelings will fall with her unreasonable desires in which she has for Alcee. The climatic storm brings out these desires in her soul, conjoining the two of them together despite the unrealistic and harsh circumstances. The unimaginable beauty of Chopin’s “The Storm” is the ability of her words to display the feelings that the characters have through language and action without describing their