Misconception In “The Wife’s Story” and “The Story of an Hour” death is significant to a good number of humanity. Should death be a certain way? Does society see a person and analyze them by how they show their emotions? These are some of the questions the authors would like their audience to test. Being aware of issues the reader can understand different views of death. For hundreds of year’s assumptions of death and life seem embed in our minds, it is important to understand not all circumstances regarding dying and deaths are the same. Different perspectives can make death controversial or questionable. Often times how one reacts to dying stem from values, beliefs, and traditions. In both short stories the context of death is different. “The Story of an Hour”, shows Mrs. Mallard with emotions of happiness after the death of her husband. Her words, “free, free, free!”
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Both have the theme of disappointment in common. Chopin’s begins his narrative at a slow temple, as Mrs. Mallard finds the news of her husband’s death leaving her feeling abandoned. Later finding she dies of heart disease of “joy that kills” (Chopin, 444). Leguin’s writing is the opposite starting off with a joyful marriage, using loving words to describe a nice husband. Eventually ending up with a negative transformation in how the wife sees her loving husband. He becomes a werewolf changing her feelings of joy to fear.
Reflecting upon these articles it seems simple to say that yes, our assumptions as readers are wrong. Generally speaking humans usually exercise their own beliefs to figure out the world around us. Critical reading is important for stories like this, both the writer and the reader need to understand the main argument. The authors challenge our thoughts to give us a deeper understanding of the importance of truth. One should not believe everything automatically without
Both have the theme of disappointment in common. Chopin’s begins his narrative at a slow temple, as Mrs. Mallard finds the news of her husband’s death leaving her feeling abandoned. Later finding she dies of heart disease of “joy that kills” (Chopin, 444). Leguin’s writing is the opposite starting off with a joyful marriage, using loving words to describe a nice husband. Eventually ending up with a negative transformation in how the wife sees her loving husband. He becomes a werewolf changing her feelings of joy to fear.
Reflecting upon these articles it seems simple to say that yes, our assumptions as readers are wrong. Generally speaking humans usually exercise their own beliefs to figure out the world around us. Critical reading is important for stories like this, both the writer and the reader need to understand the main argument. The authors challenge our thoughts to give us a deeper understanding of the importance of truth. One should not believe everything automatically without