The Storm Essay

“The Storm” written by Kate Chopin is a controversial story about a brief love affair between past lovers, both whom are married to other people. The story’s plot can be overwhelming for sensitive readers as it touches personally on marital affair and sex. Like all stories, “The Storm” has a theme which can be interpreted differently by readers who closely analyze the story. For example, my initial reaction of the short story was that it was a story of deception; it was also hard to follow because of the broken language used. However, after analyzing the story’s elements it deepened my thoughts on “The Storm” and I came to the conclusion that it is an enactment of a brief moment of euphoria. The story focuses on a few characters: Bobinot, Bibi,…

[b]" What is with this weather?"[/b], Xia growled as she peered outside from their makeshift home. Normally the rain didn't bother the woman but something about this storm just didn't sit right with her she couldn't help but feel uneasy as the rain poured down. She could hear some of the rides in the amusement park shifting with the wind, droplets of water dripping down from the tattered roof above them, this was the life, right? Xia only wanted to curl up with her brother and sleep through the…

Storm chasers Val and Amy Castor get up close to some of the world’s most destructive tornados. The married couple track twisters together for News 9, keeping everyone informed about upcoming tornadoes. Although Val and Amy’s job is risky, their job save lives by letting people get under cover. Tornadoes destroy everything in their paths. By looking at Val, Amy, and tornadoes, one can see that Val and Amy risk lives tracking destructive tornadoes. Storm chasers Val and Amy risk their lives…

The Storm "The Storm" is a short fiction by Kate Chopin, and it is focused on how the setting-time, place, weather-of the story affects its theme. It takes place in the south region of the United States (Louisiana) and it is developed while a storm is passing by; being this, the theme or center of the story. The storm(climatic) symbolizes the lives of the characters - Calixta, Alcée, Bobinot, Bibi and Alcée's wife- their struggles within themselves and their families, their affairs, and…

safe for me and my beloved. As I felt my blood pulsating throughout my body I clasped onto my innocent little girl to young to understand the events where were occurring around her. As I squeezed her fragile body against mine, protecting her from the treacherous storm which was unfolding before our eyes. I began running down the main street without a soul in sight, feeling the gush of wind pressing its forces against me, each step i touch felt like two more back. the harder i pushed through…

Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. 323 pages In the 1900’s, the chief weather man Isaac Cline thought the city of Galveston, Texas was untouchable by anything. In 1900, an immaculate hurricane hit this city. Water levels rose almost two stories high, and houses and cars were ripped from the ground. In “Isaacs Storm” Isaac Cline is telling stories of what happened during the storm, and the aftermath of it all.…

There are always warning signs when change is coming, but there’s never a way to stop the change. Adrienne Rich explores this idea of knowledge without power in her poem, “Storm Warnings” as the narrator prepares herself and her home to withstand a storm. As I read this poem, I recognized the narrator’s sense of powerlessness but determination to press on in the face of adversity as something I have seen in the eyes of New Orleanians since August 29th, 2005. Our city was destroyed by Hurricane…

In Garrison Keillor’s Storm Home, “blizzards aren’t the only storms and not the worst by any means. But if the worst should come, I [he] always knew I [he] could go to the Kruger’s and knock on their door.” Keillor’s storm home was that of the Kruger household, where he went and stayed during storms. However, he didn’t just mean a blizzard, he meant any kind of storm life throws at you. The storms that make you feel vulnerable, alone, or fearful. A storm home is a place where you can seek and…

They had no warning except for Cuba where the storm had already passed through and tried to warn them and they couldn't predict where the hurricane would hit because they didn't have any storm chasers that could go out and tell them where and when the hurricane was gonna hit at so they were getting hit by a hurricane that didn't even know was coming until the day it started raining hard and get very windy. The storm was headed towards Florida and they kept saying it would hit Florida and the day…

In “The Storm” Kate Chopin introduces Calixta, her family, and her soon to be lover, Sir Alcee Laballiere. Calixta does not notice the upcoming storm at first, along with Sir Alcee as he rides on his horse towards her gallery, but they both approach her quietly and eventually catch her off guard. Throughout the short story, the tempest escalates in severity, while the “storm” of love and untouched emotions inside the house escalates in intimacy. By using the physical weather change as a metaphor…