Today's literature class, we read the storm by Kate Chopin, and I have to say that I really liked it. This short story has a lot of irony and talks about the pursue of happiness but for women in the XIX century, a right that women didn't had in those times.
Calixta is married to Bobinot, and the have a son, Bibi. They are from a lower class. Alcée is married, and has children too, also we know that he is from an upper class. Calixta and Alcée have an affair, but no one notice it.
The story ends up with an intresting sentence... "So the storm passed and everyone was happy." And this is when my mind goes into and ethical conflict. Do everyone is really happy? I mean, Calixta and Alcée had what they wanted, and there was no consecuence for their passion or love; and there is no real conflict in the story but in the reader's mind, how can everyone be happy when we know that Calixta and Alcée had cheated on their families? This is a really good dramatic irony.
The story was pretty intresting, and I really enjoyed it.
Answering to you first question i think that everyone was happy, actually because nor Bibi, Bobinot, Alcee's wife and her children, ever knew about it, its for example if you buy a chocolate and you eat it by yourself, you like it and none knew and its good for you, my point is they don't hurt anybody, think about it. Then second question you know that there is the infidelity, but the characters don't and what we ignore doesn't affects us, maybe it can offend you as a reader but as you like it i think it didn't.
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