She enjoys music, reading, writing, French and German. She became fluent in both languages. Later in her life she continues her education by studying biology and anthropology. Kate Chopin is known to be an extremely smart woman. (Toth 116) In addition to writing the only other career Kate Chopin has, is being a housewife. .
She was very busy taking care of her husband, and their six children. When .
Kate's mother died, she became very depressed, and began confiding in her personal physician, Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer. Dr. Kolbenheyer gave Kate the idea to begin writing. Her first published work is "If It Might Be", which was published in 1889. Kate wrote novels, poetry, and short stories. She wrote a total of twenty-nine pieces of literature. She wrote twenty pieces of fiction, three short stories, and six novels. Some of her works are, "If It Might Be" published in 1889, "A Point at Issue" published in 1889, Story of an Hour published in 1894, A Night in Acadie published in 1896, The Storm published in .
1897, The Awakening published in 1897, Young Dr. Grosse published in 1899, and .
"The Gentleman from New Orleans" published in 1900 (Louisiana Educational .
Authority 1-3). Kate Chopin's "The Storm" is one of Kate Chopin's less famous short stories. Her creative use of theme and symbolism throughout "The .
Storm", is what makes it such a descriptive and detailed short story. She discusses sexuality using the elements of theme and symbolism. In "The .
Storm," the theme, feminine sexuality and passion is important. Robert W. .
Wilson, a critic, says: The title of "The Storm," with its obvious connotations of sexual energy and passion, is of course critical to any interpretation of the narrative. Chopin's title refers to nature, which is symbolically feminine; the storm can therefore be seen as symbolic of feminine sexuality and passion, and the image of the storm will be returned to again and again throughout the story.