Every sensible person has a different mindset, which was grown throughout past year experience. Wealth, education, and culture influence – all those things are the biggest factors that affect any human being. These factors affect the way how we think and our aspirations. Cultural influence is one of the most significant factors that shapes any personalities in our society. People should learn from mistakes in the past, so that we do not repeat them. Kate Chopin, in her short story “The Story of an Hour”, raises an important subject of women who feel like they’re in prison because they cannot divorce with their husband. Since this lack of freedom exists as cultural norms, they won’t understand that it is not right. I love to read this story
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From deeper discovery “The Story of an Hour” is set in the late nineteenth century in the Mallard residence in America. The time when women could not vote and own property. Louise Mallard lives in the cruel world. This world force part of society be cruel inside in thoughts to anyone includes their beloved because restraint of liberty changes people. The understanding of the time when this story was written gave me understanding, why she cannot break up with him. She probably does not have any thoughts to break up with him. She knows how to be a wife. At the first moment, when she heard about his death, she was in shock, and when she finally realized what happened; she says, “free, free, free!” (Chopin 100). Everything becomes brighter around her. She could be a widow for the last years of her life without anyone telling her what to do. When I read understood her better, I realized that I feel sorry to her because she was locked in their house for past years without developing, working, and willingness to …show more content…
It signals that Mrs. Mallard has both emotional and physical problems. I was amazed how many surprises and turns “The Story of an Hour” has. Also, I like this story because it represents a cruel time of late nineteenth century in America. However, she has a good life, and husband loves her; she should be happy with it. Why is she unhappy? Why is she in depression? Does she love her husband at all? Those questions I ask myself after the first reading. This whole story is great irony where Chopin sends to us messages, which should be
From deeper discovery “The Story of an Hour” is set in the late nineteenth century in the Mallard residence in America. The time when women could not vote and own property. Louise Mallard lives in the cruel world. This world force part of society be cruel inside in thoughts to anyone includes their beloved because restraint of liberty changes people. The understanding of the time when this story was written gave me understanding, why she cannot break up with him. She probably does not have any thoughts to break up with him. She knows how to be a wife. At the first moment, when she heard about his death, she was in shock, and when she finally realized what happened; she says, “free, free, free!” (Chopin 100). Everything becomes brighter around her. She could be a widow for the last years of her life without anyone telling her what to do. When I read understood her better, I realized that I feel sorry to her because she was locked in their house for past years without developing, working, and willingness to …show more content…
It signals that Mrs. Mallard has both emotional and physical problems. I was amazed how many surprises and turns “The Story of an Hour” has. Also, I like this story because it represents a cruel time of late nineteenth century in America. However, she has a good life, and husband loves her; she should be happy with it. Why is she unhappy? Why is she in depression? Does she love her husband at all? Those questions I ask myself after the first reading. This whole story is great irony where Chopin sends to us messages, which should be