The reason I choose these two stories is mainly because of the different writing style of the writers, and as well as the functions of the narrators in the story. Both stories focus on one particular person as the main character, and the whole story was entirely about the narrators. The writers shared details about their emotions and physical behaviors. The similarity between the two stories is both ended on a lonely note. The conclusions make you think for a while; it gets you deeply engaged in the story.
In the story “the story of an hour,” starts with a tragedy. I was shocked by her choice of the opening paragraph. At the beginning of the story, first, introduces a female character Louise Mallard to the readers only by the name of ‘Mallard’ …show more content…
In the story, three girls walk into the store in nothing but bathing suits, and we follow Sammy’s reaction to the events that occur because of them. Sammy stands up for the girls against the sign “no bathing suits allowed,” but the girls don't stick around long enough to thank their hero. One thing leads to another, Sammy end up quitting his job, a job just his parents helped him get. The dialogue between the narrators and the story manager makes the entire story, during the conversation, the manager brought out Sammy’s parents several times as a threat. He “reminds” Sammy about how his behaviors would have an impact on his parents’ reputation repetitively. Despite all the warnings, he still insists on quitting the job, to prove his mutuality, his transformation from teen years to adulthood. Updike uses the narrator to express his point of view of how young people acts nowadays. We intend to act like grown-ups, to show our maturities. Most of all, we act recklessly, do things without thinking about consequences, we enjoy the rush, the thrill. I found myself having the same experience in life. My parents are well respected and known in the medical field. Having two MD/Ph.Ds as parents, I surely live under lots of pressures. I would get “friendly reminders” and lectures about how I should behave and what I am supposed to do in the future as a guarantee to not mess up my parent’s
In the story “the story of an hour,” starts with a tragedy. I was shocked by her choice of the opening paragraph. At the beginning of the story, first, introduces a female character Louise Mallard to the readers only by the name of ‘Mallard’ …show more content…
In the story, three girls walk into the store in nothing but bathing suits, and we follow Sammy’s reaction to the events that occur because of them. Sammy stands up for the girls against the sign “no bathing suits allowed,” but the girls don't stick around long enough to thank their hero. One thing leads to another, Sammy end up quitting his job, a job just his parents helped him get. The dialogue between the narrators and the story manager makes the entire story, during the conversation, the manager brought out Sammy’s parents several times as a threat. He “reminds” Sammy about how his behaviors would have an impact on his parents’ reputation repetitively. Despite all the warnings, he still insists on quitting the job, to prove his mutuality, his transformation from teen years to adulthood. Updike uses the narrator to express his point of view of how young people acts nowadays. We intend to act like grown-ups, to show our maturities. Most of all, we act recklessly, do things without thinking about consequences, we enjoy the rush, the thrill. I found myself having the same experience in life. My parents are well respected and known in the medical field. Having two MD/Ph.Ds as parents, I surely live under lots of pressures. I would get “friendly reminders” and lectures about how I should behave and what I am supposed to do in the future as a guarantee to not mess up my parent’s