In Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour, there are a multitude of connections between the characters and events in this story that correlate to those in Chopin’s real life. The names of the characters connect to the names of people in Chopin’s life. Eliza, Chopin’s mother, is said to be pronounced very similar to Louise Mallard, the main character of this story. Mrs. Mallard’s sister’s name is Josephine, and in real life, Eliza’s sister's name was Josephine. Additionally, in a railroad disaster in St. Louis during Kate’s childhood, two men, Bryan and Moore, were erroneously reported as dead. The initials of their first names, B and M, directly relate to Brently Mallard in this story, who supposedly died in a railroad accident also. Furthermore,
