... affects everybody. Guy de Maupassant is one of those authors that was affected greatly by the war of his time as we are affected by the war of our time. The Story of an Hour In the short story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin we learn of what a now widowed woman (Mrs. Mallard) thought and contemplated with the recent knowledge of her husbands death. Before we get into the meaning of the story, let's take a look at who Kate Chopin was and what would inspire her to write ... this short story as well as the time in which it ... ...

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