Eight-hour day

The movie Anna Karenina is all about Anna who has a husband that is Count Alexei Karenin, and they have a son named Seryozha. At the train station Anna met a Cavalry Officer Count Vronsky and they feel attracted to each other when they first saw each other, and a railway worker died in a accident and they compensate for the life of the worker. As soon as they saw each other they feel attracted to each other. At an event Kitty the younger sister of Dolly the wife of Stiva and brother of Anna…

My nomination for best short is “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. In her tale of Mrs. Mallard and the description on what is given about how she felt when she thought her husband was dead is absolutely the best description given of any women who may have been abused verbally or physically by their husband. Though it doesn’t specify or even hint around to the fact that she was abused, her actions and thoughts speak clearly to me. Not only is this story a wonderful description of how an…

“The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin represents marriage in a negative view. It does this by exposing the reader to a woman who experiences joy at the news of her husband’s death. This is most clearly seen through the language of the story that Chopin uses. The narrator of the story relates what is observed by using prose, but when the emotions of Louise are described, the words tend to always be powerful. This turn of language suggests a more interesting inner-life the character lives that is…

In the short story by author Kate Chopin, “the Story of an Hour”, the main character shows her true feelings about her marriage after a false report about her husband’s death. Many readers of the audience point that Mrs. Mallard died from the joy of her husband’s arrival but an important aspect that is often overlooked is the ironic juxtaposition set up by the author to truly show her feelings. Mrs. Mallard was not in shock of joy but she was in shock of utter disappointment that ultimately…

They have nice cars and a beautiful house in the woods. She receives good care at a newly constructed nursing home. Grant doesn’t appear to work because he spends every day at the nursing home just watching Fiona take care of Aubrey. Their situation could have been different if they were poorer. Grant might have kept Fiona at home due to financial reasons, like Aubrey’s wife decided to do when she could no longer afford…

to leave. If Sal treated her mom as if she was going to leave everyday than Sal wouldn’t have to regret that day with her mom. Sal didn’t know that her mom was going to leave so she did not treat her mother like it was the end of the world. Sal said, “ What I started doing was remembering the day before my mother left. I did not know it was to be her last day home. Several times that day, my mother asked me if I wanted to walk up in the fields with her. It was drizzling outside, and I was…

owned on fire, he came across a tiny bundle of letters. Then he found one little letter in the back of the drawer, but it was not Desirees. As he read the letter, he suddenly knew what he had done. Armand was the black one, not Desiree. ¨Night and day, I thank the good God for having so arranged our lives that our dear Armand will never know that his mother, who adores him, belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery.¨(4) He is the reason that Desiree was driven to kill herself,…

The Awakening by Kate Chopin Title The Awakening is related to Edna’s internal awakening that she has over the period of the book The Awakening was originally titled The Solitary Soul Setting New Orleans and The Grand Isle Genre Spiritual / artistic realization, romantic style Historical Information Kate Chopin 1850-1904 Father was Irish, Mother was French-American Bilingual- spoke both French and English Grew up in St.Louis Missouri Developed a passion for music at a young age Met and…

Guy De Maupassant’s “The Diamond Necklace” is a story set in the 19th century. The main characters are Mathilde and her husband. The story talks about how the wife of a common household - Mathilde Loisel, borrows a diamond necklace for an upcoming high class party and subsequently loses it afterward, only that she found out after working for ten years to pay back the debt of the necklace it is but a fake. Mathilde’s clash between the reality she faces and fantasies she longs for demonstrates the…

Being Let Down “The Story of an Hour” is a short story in which the author, Kate Chopin, tells a story of a rare and unsettling view on the rights and marriages of women in the late eighteen hundreds. The main character, Mrs. Louis Mallard, learns of her husband’s, Brantly Mallard, death in a railroad accident and is rather relieved. Mrs. Mallard feels joy and freedom with the news but why? In “The Story of an Hour” Chopin tells a reflection and view that seems guided and controlled. Mrs.…