The tension/storm

“So, the storm passed and everyone was happy.”

“The Storm,” written by Kate Choppin, isn’t just a short story it is one big metaphor.  The story revolves around a mother/wife named Calixta.  One day, her husband and son were stuck at the store when a storm was coming and she was home cooking for them.  As the storm came, one of her previous lovers, Alceé, came by her house on his horse and asked for shelter.  They had not seen each other or talked to each other in years.  The two of them began to flirt and quickly became very intimate.  When Alceé left the house, the narrator said that is when the storm ended.  The narrator was not actually talking about a storm.  She was talking about the tension, the relationship, and the wrongdoings between Calixta and Alceé.

9/28/14 6:33PM