In the short story, The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin, I was led to feel a mixture of emotions from being sad to feeling joyful. The word choice used to convey the story was one that I was able to visualize while reading. This piece of literature left an impression on me because it intrigued me to read it over and over again, coming up with a different conclusion each time. Based on the imagery used to evoke conflicting feelings, the lack of foreshadowing, and the way the story’s events unfold to detail the plot, I would nominate “The Story of an Hour” as the best short-story. Even though the story first appears to be about a dead husband, the imagery used paints a picture that can draw multiple conclusions. Some of the descriptive phrasing
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This story brilliantly lacked foreshadowing by not divulging how the end of the story would occur. All of the events leading up to the conclusion of this story surrounded the emotions and feelings that Louise faced when being told that her husband died. It was like being on a roller coaster and hitting an unexpected turn, or a baseball player missing a curve ball. The surprise ending could not have been seen by a blind man. “Someone was opening the door with a latchkey” (Chopin, 1894, p. 130). From the beginning of the story up until this sentence, the picture was painted that Louise’s husband died in a train accident; in actuality, the husband was nowhere near the accident that was described earlier in the story. The image is painted that Josephine and Richards are doing everything in their power to shield the husband--Brently Mallard--from viewing something shocking. In only a few sentences, the picture is painted that Louise is the one whom has died, and Brently is actually alive and …show more content…
From the opening phrase that describes the fragile condition of Louise to her demise by heart attack. The sudden twist of emotions by Louise will confuse the audience but in a good way. Her emotional state from the beginning was shock, then grief, and then surprisingly turned into peace. Chopin painted the picture of relief about death with revealing that Louise was making peace with her death. “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely” (Chopin, 1894, p. 129). From that point, the message is clear that Louise is accepting and making peace with her future encounter with death. Shortly after, Louise is pronounced dead by heart attack. The vivid release of events that were displayed throughout this story were provided in a manner that will connect with a reader on an emotional level. The conclusion of the story is revealed within an instance, but it still was one that was not expected. In conclusion, “The Story of an Hour” gets my nomination for best story. The imagery and metaphors used by the author help to paint such pictures that really convey Louise’s multitude of feelings. The lack of foreshadowing helps to give the reader an unsuspected jab of surprise that add to the dynamic storytelling. The way the story unfolds, finally, is the cherry on
This story brilliantly lacked foreshadowing by not divulging how the end of the story would occur. All of the events leading up to the conclusion of this story surrounded the emotions and feelings that Louise faced when being told that her husband died. It was like being on a roller coaster and hitting an unexpected turn, or a baseball player missing a curve ball. The surprise ending could not have been seen by a blind man. “Someone was opening the door with a latchkey” (Chopin, 1894, p. 130). From the beginning of the story up until this sentence, the picture was painted that Louise’s husband died in a train accident; in actuality, the husband was nowhere near the accident that was described earlier in the story. The image is painted that Josephine and Richards are doing everything in their power to shield the husband--Brently Mallard--from viewing something shocking. In only a few sentences, the picture is painted that Louise is the one whom has died, and Brently is actually alive and …show more content…
From the opening phrase that describes the fragile condition of Louise to her demise by heart attack. The sudden twist of emotions by Louise will confuse the audience but in a good way. Her emotional state from the beginning was shock, then grief, and then surprisingly turned into peace. Chopin painted the picture of relief about death with revealing that Louise was making peace with her death. “But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely” (Chopin, 1894, p. 129). From that point, the message is clear that Louise is accepting and making peace with her future encounter with death. Shortly after, Louise is pronounced dead by heart attack. The vivid release of events that were displayed throughout this story were provided in a manner that will connect with a reader on an emotional level. The conclusion of the story is revealed within an instance, but it still was one that was not expected. In conclusion, “The Story of an Hour” gets my nomination for best story. The imagery and metaphors used by the author help to paint such pictures that really convey Louise’s multitude of feelings. The lack of foreshadowing helps to give the reader an unsuspected jab of surprise that add to the dynamic storytelling. The way the story unfolds, finally, is the cherry on