... her previously loyal fans quickly rejected her writings, causing her to not attempt to write anything more. Chopin's short story, "The Storm," shows the reader some of the controversial issues she wrote about. It was written in 1898 and was one of the last stories that she wrote before Awakening. It ... 'storm,' the consequences that follow the decisions that are made, and how this short story could be seen as feministic. The beginning of the story presents the reader with two male characters in a country store. It is a father (Bobinot) and son (Bibi) who are just about to leave and go h...

• Word Count: 1280
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... longs to stay but knows it cannot be. "Jane expresses the tension between her desire to be Rochester's and her moral knowledge that she must leave him" (Ewbank 183). The reader must begin to "perceive as one Jane's agony and its emotional and spiritual implications" (Ewbank 185). In the end Mr. Rochester pressures Jane to become his mistress. "The intensity of ... moral convictions as life threw countless obstacles in her path. Yet, no matter how overwhelming her plight, Jane treated the world with open affection that wins the heart of any reader. There is no one more deserving of a hap...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School