The last two paragraphs in Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm” are short to show that true love is short and eventually fades away. Alcée and Clarisse had romantic feelings for each other and they still do, but now the fire that once drove their relationship is now gone. There marriage is not new; therefore, they have less to say to one another because they already know everything about each other. Alcée cheated on Clarisse because he forgot what it was like to love someone passionately. The reason that Alcée and Clarisse have their own brief paragraphs instead of combining them into a larger paragraph is because they are separated from each other both physically and mentally.
