The Storm by Kate Chopin
"The Storm" by Kate Chopin and "Confessing" by Guy Maupassant are both sexual in content and deal with moral issues but each leave the reader with a different experience. Good. Both stories deal with moral issues concerning sex. Most readers would agree that it is morally wrong for a married man or woman to have sex outside the marriage. Most readers would also agree that it is morally wrong to accept money for sex although Celeste did not take cash for sex she just exchanged it for bus fair on several occasions. The reader can tell that both stories are in an earlier time period by the names of the characters. The means of transportation is another clue that sets the stories in approximately same time period, give or take ten or fifteen years. The transportation in both stories was by horse. The imagery in both stories is another similarity. When reading "The Storm" or "Confessing" the reader can visualize the setting. In Kate Chopin's, "The Storm" the reader can see and feel the storm coming. In Guy Maupassants, "Confessing," the reader can visualize the mother and daughter milking the cows. The beast rises slowly, first on its forelegs, and then with more difficulty raises it's large hindqua
The reader can see that the mother has even less in the way of morals or values than her daughter. There is not sympathy regarding the characters only judgment of values. The moral issues are an afterthought when the story ends. The fact that the sexual encounter was not planned makes it even easier. All in all, both stories had characters that were acting morally wrong but "The Storm" made the moral issues unimportant to the reader due to the passion. You have done a good job developing your thesis and you have supported your main points with specific examples from the text. In Kate Chopin's' short story, she presents sexuality and passion through the imagery of the storm. The reader can picture a huge cow bloated with milk primed for milking. I felt that in the story "Confessing" the author was just presenting human sexuality in an honest manner, putting greed before family values, whereas in the story, "The Storm," the author was presenting human sexuality with passion and strength when the constraints of society are set aside. Look over notes on technical errors. You can visualize but it is obvious that the imagery is a little more complex in "The Storm. The reader is able to sympathize with the characters because of the passion. The imagery of the coming storm only adds to the passion.
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