In both stories like “A Story of an hour” by Kate Chopin and “The life you save may be your own’ by Flannery O’Connor both authors use literary devices to convey a message. Chopin uses imagery to place and describe how Mrs,Mallard feels after her husband's sudden death on a train. O’Connor uses foreshadowing to predict Lucynell future with the mysterious Mr.Shiftlet.
Chopin uses imagery with Mrs.Mallard to show how she dealt with her husband by going “away to her room alone” (Choppin). This shows that she felt empty without Mr.Mallard so she had to be alone to reflect. Also Choppin expresses imagery to describe how Mrs.Mallard was sitting in her room “ like a child who cried itself to sleep” (Choppin) to show her unbearable pain. This shows
Chopin uses imagery with Mrs.Mallard to show how she dealt with her husband by going “away to her room alone” (Choppin). This shows that she felt empty without Mr.Mallard so she had to be alone to reflect. Also Choppin expresses imagery to describe how Mrs.Mallard was sitting in her room “ like a child who cried itself to sleep” (Choppin) to show her unbearable pain. This shows