English

Kate Chopin, “The Storm”

https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/the-storm (Links to an external site.)

After reading the short story above, answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Is the presence of the storm essential to the story? The weather is the most obvious element of the story’s setting. What are other aspects of setting important to the story?
2. What claim about marriage does "The Storm" imply? Point to specific evidence in the story that supports this claim. Are you convinced? Why or why not?
3. The closing line asserts, "So the storm passed, and everyone was happy." Is this a "happy" ending? What assumptions about happiness underlie the narrator's assertion? Do you accept or reject those assumptions? Why?