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Analysis Of Kate Chopin 's The Story Of An Hour

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Literally analysis of Naturalism and the Short Story Form: Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour”
While Scott D. Emmert in Naturalism and the Short Story Form: Kate Chopin’s ‘The Story of an Hour’ points out the short stories cannot form a narrative because of their length and others would disagree. Admittedly, even though according to Scott short stories cannot form a narrative they are perfect for naturalist writers because short stories and poems tend to focus more on natural surroundings and the nature characters. Short stories are shorter than novels and generally have a good theme and a plot. However, one agrees that short stories can form a narrative and by doing so would make the reader more tuned in to the story. I believe that short stories do have a narrative because of the characters, plots, and themes.
Even though the stories told in short stories are generally short and specific they can often provide a very interesting narrative. However, James believes that short stories cannot be narratives by writing, “Short stories, in contrast, and cannot easily form narrative with the plot of decline or with a series of temporary worlds” (Emmert 1). Scott’s point of view would be disagreeable because not all short stories are like that some are narratives and some are not. For Example, in “The Story of an hour” the story does form a narrative by connecting the events to Louis Mallards life. The author also uses first person point of view by focusing generally on how the

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