Mixed emotions in “A White Heron” and “Story of an Hour”
How do two completely different stories with contrasting plots use similar themes to bring out a similar feeling regarding characters? It happens in “Story of an Hour,” and “A White Heron,” and it’s interesting to see how in the two stories, there’s a similarity that can be seen once read between the lines. The first story, “A White Heron,” is about a young city girl, Sylvia, who moved to the country to live with her grandmother on a farm. She’s very in touch with nature and she has a kinship with all the animals surrounding her. All of a sudden, she meets a stranger who later seems to test her connection with them. “Story of an Hour” speaks about Louise Mallard’s emotions after she hears her husband died in a train accident with a twist in the end. The similar theme of mixed emotions in “Story of an Hour,” and “A White Heron,” allow the men to be portrayed in similar lights of being an interference.
Sylvia's mixed emotions about the stranger who approaches her, looking for a place to stay, show that he’s a disturbance. Firstly, the way he’s introduced plays in to the fact that he’s disrupting this atmosphere of peace. Sylvia’s walking home with her cow when “suddenly this little woods-girl is horror-stricken to hear a clear whistle not very far away… a boy’s …show more content…
In “A White Heron,” the boy comes in and proves to be an interference when he tries to test the Sylvia’s bond with nature and the creatures by offering a reward of 10 dollars, and Sylvia begins to experience mixed feelings of wanting to impress him but wanting to keep her secret. In “Story of an Hour,” the way Louise’s emotions about her husband’s death alter, starting off with sadness and then a feeling of liberation and joy, show that he often acted as an intrusion on her
How do two completely different stories with contrasting plots use similar themes to bring out a similar feeling regarding characters? It happens in “Story of an Hour,” and “A White Heron,” and it’s interesting to see how in the two stories, there’s a similarity that can be seen once read between the lines. The first story, “A White Heron,” is about a young city girl, Sylvia, who moved to the country to live with her grandmother on a farm. She’s very in touch with nature and she has a kinship with all the animals surrounding her. All of a sudden, she meets a stranger who later seems to test her connection with them. “Story of an Hour” speaks about Louise Mallard’s emotions after she hears her husband died in a train accident with a twist in the end. The similar theme of mixed emotions in “Story of an Hour,” and “A White Heron,” allow the men to be portrayed in similar lights of being an interference.
Sylvia's mixed emotions about the stranger who approaches her, looking for a place to stay, show that he’s a disturbance. Firstly, the way he’s introduced plays in to the fact that he’s disrupting this atmosphere of peace. Sylvia’s walking home with her cow when “suddenly this little woods-girl is horror-stricken to hear a clear whistle not very far away… a boy’s …show more content…
In “A White Heron,” the boy comes in and proves to be an interference when he tries to test the Sylvia’s bond with nature and the creatures by offering a reward of 10 dollars, and Sylvia begins to experience mixed feelings of wanting to impress him but wanting to keep her secret. In “Story of an Hour,” the way Louise’s emotions about her husband’s death alter, starting off with sadness and then a feeling of liberation and joy, show that he often acted as an intrusion on her