Chopin’s stories, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm” stretch reality to show people how desperate women are to be considered equals to men. Today as women are provided the right to vote, the right to have their own career or be a homemaker, it all boils down to being able to make their own decisions. Freedom is granted to everyone, not just men. Everyone was created equal and should be treated equally. It does not matter what race, gender, or nationality a person is they should still be treated fairly.

Men in this time were in the ones in control; women had little opportunity for input, if any. Chopin exposes these truths in her stories. She reveals how delighted the woman is when she recognizes the opportunities that are open to her at her husband’s death. She uses the phrase “the joy that kills” (863) to show how excited the woman is now that she thinks she is free. Freedom is what women wanted. They wanted to be treated as equals and not as servants to their husbands. Women did not know how to be their own person or if they could make decisions, but they still wanted the community to treat them the same as a man. Women today are still not treated as men are, but they have acquired more rights than the Chopin writes of in her stories.

Calixta makes a bad decision, but she still makes it on her own. Because she is a homemaker, she has not been presented the opportunities to make her own decisions. Chopin shows that a woman will go to great lengths just to have the optio

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