The Storm Analysis

The storm is a super obvious symbol. It's involved in practically every element of the story. First off, it's the title. Second, it plays a huge role in the plot, forming the beginning and the end...

This story takes place in the small town in Louisiana where all the characters live. A small fraction of the action takes place at Friedheimer's store, Alcée's house, and the house where Clarisse...

Third person omniscient is perfect for this story. Of the five sections, each comes at us from a different character or characters' point of view. We emerge from the story knowing exactly how every...

The genre of "The Storm" is easy to figure out simply based on its form. Coming in at fewer than 2,000 words, it's easily categorized as a short story in terms of length. From a content standpoint,...

The narrator's tone in this story is one of enabling encouragement. The voice we hear seems almost to be encouraging the characters in their decisions to have affairs and keep them secret, or to ev...

More than anything else, Chopin's style in this story is one of fluidity. She transitions smoothly and rapidly not only among five characters' points of view – Bibi, Bobinôt, Calixta, Alcée, an...

First off, it's hard to think of a more appropriate title for this story than "The Storm." There would be no story without the storm; it guides the entire narrative and affects each of the characte...

The ending seems pretty clear. Or is it? That's the trick with a lot of good short stories. They lead you in one direction and then twist things all around at the last second. You close the book th...

This story is pretty straightforward, although the characters' names are unfamiliar to most of us and there's some use of Creole dialect. However, it's usually pretty easy to figure out what the ch...

The storm begins and Calixta's family is separated.In a classic beginning, danger lurks from that old menace, Mother Nature herself. The man of the house, Bobinôt, is away from home and can't prot...

Calixta, Alcée, and Bobinôt show up in an earlier story by Chopin, "At the 'Cadian Ball" (source).Like this story? Buy the T-shirt.Chopin was the mother of six children (source).Chopin didn't sta...

The language Chopin uses may be a little coy and full of figurative language: "an immaculate dove" (2.18), "firm, elastic flesh...like a creamy lily" (2.19), and so forth. It isn't crude or vulgar;...

Kate Chopin, "At the 'Cadian Ball," implied throughout The Virgin Mary (see "Symbolism: Assumption")