Story Of An Hour By Susan Chopin

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Chopin Stories An explanation of Naturalism about men is being considered in the stories “Desirees Baby”, “Story of An Hour”, “Cadian Ball” and “The Storm.” The evolution that I have chosen is the nature of evil. In this story, I will use Chopin’s stories to explain what kind of damage it caused to others in stories, and what kind of evil her stories represent. Most of Chopin stories all have some type of evil in the, and teach great lessons. Chopin uses her life stories to explain the evil about the men that were around her in Louisiana. Her characters were about all of the different races mixed together based on what they are in Louisiana. Now let’s get started!

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