“The Storm” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1898. Taking place in the early 1900s, this beautifully constructed story centers on the theme of adultery. An unexpected storm of events unravels itself, as the two main characters, Calixta and her former lover, Alcee are taking shelter during a rain storm. All while her husband, Bobinot and son Bibi was taking refuge at a local store from the passing storm, Calixta and Alcee ends up making love before Calixta’s husband returns. Throughout the
story about two lover’s infidelity, “The Storm” written by Kate Chopin catches every moment of lovers touch in its most natural light. Watching each character, in the story, we can see each of their actions are guided by the storm. Looking at the storm at a reality standpoint, putting ourselves in front of a window we could see that the storm is a frightening affair. Clashing, banging, each thunder kisses the ground again and again. However the approaching storm does not make Calixta afraid, nor does
Caroline Johnston Professor Leonard Appling American Literature II 9/16/15 Twain and Chopin In her most famous novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin writes of her protagonist, “Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.” Although Chopin is detailing the protagonist’s inward struggles due to her duties as a housewife, it does raise an