...My Response to the “Story of an Hour” The story of an Hour is a story written by a female writer, Kate Chopin. It describes the emotion changes of a woman Mrs. Mallard, who was afflicted with a heart trouble. The clue that “Mr. Mallard was dead” driving the development of the plot. The story begins with the bad news of Mr. Mallard’s death. People around Mrs. Mallard told her the news in great gingerliness in order not to deepen her heart trouble. After hearing that, Mrs. Mallard had an internal struggles for quite a while and finally accepted the fact that her husband was dead. However, when she saw her husband back, her heart disease relapsed because of joy. After reading the story, I found Mrs. Mallard a contemporary woman. The reason why I said this is through the way she react towards the bad news of her husband’s death. As a woman, she is sorrow when she heard about the bad news. She recalled the happy times with her husband and wept. However, she did not plunge herself into sadness for a long period like many women in the past. Instead, she start to plan the life without her husband. That’s why I regarded Mrs. Mallard a contemporary woman. As a heroine and the leading actor of the story, Mrs. Mallard, or Louise, show readers an image of woman who dare to pursue a new life. Literature written by female writers can always arise my sympathy. Woman becomes the leading actor of the story and the plot is centered on the daily life of general woman. No political events, no...
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...Compare and Contrast Essay: “Story of an Hour” and “To My Dear and Loving Husband” Thesis: In the short story, “Story of an Hour” by Mary Chopin and the poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband”, by Anne Bradstreet both authors reveal how each of their female characters feel about their husband and how each feelings are expressed differently I. Both women are treated differently by their husbands. A. In the “Story of an Hour”, the central character, Louise Mallard, feels locked in her marriage. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, the author Anne feels safe and secure in her marriage. II. Both women express different feelings about their mates. A. In “Story of an Hour”, Louise feels that it is not enough that her husband loves her. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, Anne values her relationship with her husband more than anything. III. Both authors use literary concepts to make their writings easier to understand. A. In “Story of an Hour”, the line free, free, free tells us that Louise feels free after learning of her husband’s death. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, the line I prize thy love more than mines of gold tells us that she values their love very much. A WOMAN’S LOVE FOR A MAN As every woman is an individual with distinct characteristics so too will her feelings towards her husband are uniquely expressed. There are husbands who try to control their wives so much that the woman cannot freely follow does their own will. Then there are...
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...Comparing and Contrasting “The Story of an Hour” and “How I Met My Husband”. Lora Cruse Ashford University ENG125 11/20/2014 In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two great short stories. One being “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin in 1854 and the other being “How I Met my Husband” written by Alice Munro in 1974. The two short stories share the theme of gender roles/marriage. That being said,, I will be going over plot, point of view and tone. Sometimes women feel like they are trapped in their marriage, and sometimes women cannot wait to become married. Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour represents a negative view of marriage. Every individual takes a different approach when enduring the loss of a loved one. Whether it is bursting into tears or being miserable. When a wife loses a husband, she typically tends to be in a state of depression. The feeling of losing your significant other is a piercing agony going through one's heart, but in this case the feeling of loss can turn into someone's freedom. For Louise Mallard she had an erratic reaction when she was informed that her husband had been allegedly killed in a train accident. She locks herself in her room and sits in front of the window in desolation. She begins to ponder how her life will be without her husband. The sorrow that Mrs. Mallard felt in the beginning slowly turns into joy. “Free body and soul free!” (Chopin...
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...ENG125: Introduction to Literature (ADI1303A) Reader-response approach was the best way to look at The Story of an Hour. I connected on different levels with the story of a woman who fell out of love with her husband. The short story is written with two tones one of somber and one of joy. The writer goes between the two and shows how one event can span different emotions. The Story of an Hour is a wonderfully written short story that spoke to me. The two completely different tones of the piece drew me in. The story begins with a somber mood as the lady of the home is being told about the death of her husband. “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.” The tone in this sentence can be seen as somber, but it my also have a happy undertone. The loss of your soul mate should be a sad event, but perhaps that may not always be the case. As the story goes on the tone changes to one of elation as Mrs. Mallard begins to realize she is free from her husband. She begins to imagine her life without the burden of pretending to be in love with him. She makes her way down the stairs only to find her husband waiting at the end. Her heart condition gets the best of her and she dies on the spot. The last sentence brings the tone full circle and back to somber. The drama in this short story grabbed my attention, the tones changed fast. Reader-response approach looks at how a reader will connect with...
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...The Secret life of Walter Mitty and The story of an Hour David Babers ENG 125 Sabine Reljic January 27, 2014 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Story of an Hour share a variety of similarities along with many differences. The main points of these stories shows the dynamics love within their marriage but in different way; both woman share common bond of tolerance, for their significant other when it comes to the lack of certain things in their marriage. One of the first similarities of the two stories I notice was the fact that both of the men wives was extremely concerned about their significant others well being. Even though the displayed their affection for their husbands with different actions it was more than obvious that each of them was in sync with their other half’s. Both of the literary pieces where written and described in different points of view. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” was written in the form of an omniscient third person point of view. This allows the narrator to describe his own thoughts of the character as the story progresses. But as far is the character Mrs. Mitty it seems as she speaks in more so a first person point of view, as her words and thoughts seems to be more so given in a direct and plain form. As for the “The Story of anf Hour” it is also written in the third person point of view, but it would be considered more so as a limited third person omniscient. “This is a point of view when the thoughts and feelings...
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...1. Scripting a Story Using The Nine Steps of Story Structure - The Hill by Doug Stevenson Before you start telling a story and using it in your presentations, it is valuable to write the script out according to the Nine Steps of Story Structure. Here is an example of a story scripted with the Nine Steps. Step 1 - Set The Scene A good deal of my work involves giving storytelling workshops for large corporations. They're usually one-day workshops at some remote location like a conference resort or a fancy hotel. When you combine the natural stress that accompanies airports, shuttle busses and hotels with the physical work of being on your feet for 8 hours, it's pretty exhausting. A year ago, after one of these workshops, I went back to my room and laid down on the bed. I woke up four hours later at 9 pm in the same clothes I'd worn for the workshop. It was dark outside and for a moment, I didn't know where I was. It was at that point that I realized I had to make a change. Either I had to stop doing one-day workshops, which I love, or I had to get in better shape and develop more stamina. Step 2 - Introduce the Characters (There are no other characters in this story. In the Nine Steps of Story Structure, introduce the characters when they naturally appear in the story. This step is not necessarily Step 2.) Step 3 - Begin the Journey In March 2009, I made the decision to get back into running. I'd taken up running many times in my life, but never very seriously. At...
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...The Story of An Hour Mary Smith Eng 125 Introduction Literature Molly Slavin (TA) August 1, 2011 The Story of An Hour Through out my study of literature it has taught me a lot about the different concept and structure of it. Learning to keep your mind focus on the different point of views that the authors provides you with can be very confusing, especially when you not into this kind of work of art. But as I started to read more in this class, it shows you how to affect yourself more with the passion of literary. Just to learn how to identify the theme of the story give the reader a message, it could be about life, society, or the human nature. The word theme can be define as “A topic of discourse or discussion, An idea, point of view, or perception embodied and expand upon in a work of art, or A short composition assigned to a student as a writing exercise.” (Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary). Even though understanding literature can be difficult for some people to comprehend, learning to identify the theme and the literary elements helps you to focus more on developing it meaning. Research states that the theme is a broad idea, message, or moral of a story. It even goes to say that it is the central message of a literary work. But mainly to me whenever I want to identify the theme in a story I think of it as the main idea, or ask myself what the author is saying in the story. As I read the text the author “explain”? the theme as been define as “A...
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... A slave’s escape story I am running, running faster than I never knew I could. The dogs caught on to my scent after the creek and now they’re closing in. I have no choice but to keep running because if I stop death by lashing is almost certain. I should probably explain how I got here in the first place. Hi, my name is Sally Shayne and until a few hours ago I was a slave of the Cottonwood Family in South Carolina. This story all starts back about a week ago when the warden announced that we were going to be sold off during the week because our owner Mr. Fields couldn’t afford our uptake anymore. I have lived on that plantation all my fifteen years and I had really grown close to the other slaves. Everyone was in shock especially Samba and Shawnee who were practically my brother and sister. There were sold to a man in Georgia within two days. After the loss I didn’t have a reason to stay so I packed up some food from dinner, my few possessions and waited. The warden as usual did his nightly head count which was sort of ironic since I was the only one left. Then I snuck out of the window silently so as not to be heard and ran as soon as I hit the forests edge. For a while I thought I was home free after all I had walked up the creek for ten minutes before I got out and started running again. Unfortunately though the dogs crossed over and somehow managed to pick my scent up again. So there, you’re caught up. Wait, I have suddenly...
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...- MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/story/86-of-big-cap-fund-managers-trail... Time (EDT) 6 of 9 3/12/2015 5:38 PM 86% of big-cap fund managers trailed S&P 500 in 2014 - MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/story/86-of-big-cap-fund-managers-trail... 9 comments 23 PEOPLE LISTENING + Follow NEWEST OLDEST Share | s robbins 7 hours ago No surprise here, but it continues to puzzle me. I built a test portfolio four months ago, picked eight stocks of companies I admire and watching how I do versus the S&P500....results: S&P flat, portfolio up 8%. Easy peasey......why can't fund mgrs do the same? Glenn Cheswick 7 hours ago @s robbins Only 14% beat the SPX this year. The stats get worse when you consider that each year only about 15-20% beat the index, and that list rotates. This means that over time, less than 10% consistently beat the index. Your portfolio may be up, and it may look easy, but can you do this on a regular basis? The answer is probably no. A better strategy is to use the SPX as an investment base, and let the other 90% try to beat you. Better to be the house. Tyler Buchanan @Glenn Cheswick @s robbins Also consider survivorship bias, if you consider all the funds that have closed it looks even worse for managed funds. 6 hours ago Glenn Cheswick @Tyler Buchanan @Glenn Cheswick @s robbins Excellent point Tyler. Thx. 6 hours ago Victor Reklaitis 6 hours ago @Tyler Buchanan @Glenn Cheswick @s robbins...
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...The Story of An Hour Because of Mrs. Mallard's heart condition, everyone basically tiptoes around her and treats her carefully. When her sister and family friend discover Mr. Mallard got killed in an accident, they take time to gently tell Mrs. Mallard that her husband has died. Mrs. Mallard cries her eyes out, then goes to her room to be by herself and locks the door.Inside, she seems terrified of some knowledge that's coming to her and finally realizes that it's her freedom. Even though she and her husband loved each other, and she's truly saddened by his death, she feels liberated and free for the first time. She looks forward to the days ahead instead of dreading them. While Mrs. Mallard is feeling complicated emotions, her sister keeps trying to check on her. Finally, Mrs. Mallard comes out of her room, newly resolved, and she and her sister start to go downstairs. Suddenly, the very not-dead Mr. Mallard comes in. When Mrs. Mallard sees him, she has a tremendous shock and dies. Firstly, I have to say that the storys’ language is clear. Everything is understandable. When I read , I really enjoyed. At the beginning of the story is dramatic. Maybe I just have a sick sense of humor, but I found the ending funny. I didn’t be worry. This is ironic. Obviously, how can woman be happy because of her husbands’ death or how can woman feel like a freedom? I don’t understand. If my husband dies, I can not throw it off for long time. But I believe that Ms. Mallard is not...
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... that I believe should be cut from the course in the future, is “The Story of an Hour.” “The Story of an Hour” to me was completely boring, and not very teachable. It also was not a very memorable story; while I was easily remembered all other stories when trying to determine which story should be removed, I completely forgot about this one. I don’t believe it is very teachable because there isn’t very much to say about what happens. The piece from the second half of the semester, that I believe should be cut from the course in the future is, “Saboteur.” Ha Jin’s Saboteur is well written, but it was unable to grab my attention. Maybe it is because it was assigned for the end of the semester, which is a very hard time to focus, but nonetheless, it was not interesting. The ending frustrated me and was quite disappointing. I feel as though we could have read something better that tied in with the general theme we had going on with the rest of the stories....
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...Running head: ESSAY 6.1: THE STORY OF AN HOUR Essay 6.1: The Story of an Hour Jeremy Todd Macy ITT Technical Institute Essay 6.1: The Story of an Hour Freedom!!! Liberation!!! The idea of living your life for yourself, not others; it is something that we all dream of at some point in our lives, but how many of us actually achieve that? Whether we feel trapped in a job that we hate, a bad friendship, or a bad marriage, there is something inside us that yearns to be free. We long for that weight to be taken off of our shoulders. Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour takes us through these emotions, only to find out at the end that these emotions are fleeting, and then reality sets in. What will be discussed in this paper is the plot of the story and those feelings that are experienced, Kate Chopin’s life experiences and how that experience influenced this story, as well as my reaction to the story. The story starts off with Mrs. Mallard( we don’t know her first name) being told some distressing news. Josephine, her sister, is trying to relay this horrible news in the most delicate matter. Mrs. Mallard has severe heart problems, although she is young. Brentley, her husband, was killed in a train accident. She weeps, with “sudden, wild abandonment”, at the news (Woodlief, Study Text). She then sinks into an armchair, and begins to ponder the future. The sky opens up, showing the calming blue. Her horizons seem to broaden, she gets a feeling of starting over, fresh. She is still...
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...Ken Luppold My story goes something like this, back on March 24, 2002 my beautiful wife Robin went into to labor with our second set of twin boys. The story behind the story is that was our oldest set of twins fourth birthday. You want to talk about a stage of mass confusion and chaos, but I will get to that a little bit later. Why is it that my wife is never wrong, I guess this story really began back in the fall of 1993, when I met my amazing bride to be. I knew right away that she was the one. In the first 2 years we never spent a night apart from each other. We got engaged on, Valentine’s day of the following year, and we got married in June of 1995. Through all the times, no matter if it was an argument or disagreement or even just a normal conversation she seemed never to be wrong, nothing pissed me off more. Time after time it seemed like I was never right and even if I was on the right track, she was still not wrong. So getting back to the story I would like to tell, we found out through an ultrasound eight weeks in to the pregnancy that she was going to be having twins. She told me on the way to the appointment that she believed that it was going to be twins, and again for the thousandth time told her “she was crazy”. She was once again was right, this was starting to get old with me. As they are doing the ultrasound and confirmed that there were at least two babies they kept searching despite my asking them to stop before I had a heart attack. On the way out...
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...“Reading a story, a poem, or a play introduces you to an imaginary world. You are pulled away from a living, breathing world into one that was created in the mind of the author. Its situations and experiences may resemble ones you are familiar with; many of them may even be based in part on real situations, but they are imaginary–shaped by the imagination of the person who created the story, poem, or play you are reading (R. Wayne Clugston, 2010)”. This first week in my literature class has been amazing. I never knew that literature is understanding other people’s points of view. In understanding the concept of different readings I have learned that there are many different ways to analyze a story or poem. As I begin to write this paper I will chose Kate Chopin’s, The Story of an hour. I believe there are several basic literary terms such as: symbolism, metaphors, irony, similies and personification. I will focus this paper on the symbolism that I see. The Story of an hour captured my interest because of the way the Mrs. Mallard was handling the news of the death of her husband. She was very saddened by the news, but yet I felt as though she was somewhat relieved. As a divorced mother of two children, I believe I could relate with Mrs. Mallard in the sense of being devastated at the loss of my marriage but also I felt relief that I could be my own person again and I could control what I did and how I lived my life. Mrs. Mallard went through the grieving process...
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...The future is uncertain. Aliens could invade, monsters could eat everyone, we don’t know. Luckily, we have stories like The Zero Hour and Who’s There? to give us the imaginary stability we need. These two stories are both very amusing to read, but at the same time are very different. The Zero Hour is a story of a gullible and brainwashed little girl (Mink) who lives in New York. Who’s There? is written about an adult male in outer space who is concerned about what is actually in his suit. They say anything is possible, but, really? There probably won’t be an invasion like in The Zero Hour, but it’s very possible for there to be a space station and to have problems with suits (Who’s There?). In Who’s There? the poor guy is all alone. On the...
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