Comparing Kate Chopin’s The Storm and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s Greasy Lake

Kate Chopin's short story 'The Storm'; describes an encounter of infidelity between two lovers during a brief thunderstorm. The story alludes to the controversial topic of women's sexuality and passion, which during Chopin's time no one spoke about much less wrote about. So controversial was 'The Storm,'; that it was not published until after her death in eighteen ninety-nine. The story is broken up into five sections, each filled with small clues and hints that reflect her message. In short, Kate Chopin's 'The Storm'; is about a confirmation of feminine sexuality and passion and a rejection of the suppression of it by society.

In his short story “Greasy Lake,” T. Coraghessan Boyle employs the setting to reflect the state of morality and corruption of a society’s youth, create an appropriate atmosphere, and better develop the characters of the story. Boyle is able to achieve this by centering the story at the Greasy Lake and utilizing the Lake as both a setting and character.

At the beginning of the story, the narrator provides a brief description of himself that allows readers to reflect upon his character and morality. He introduces himself as someone who believes that

In the short story Greasy Lake written by T.C. Boyle, the story is about three friends who believe they are “bad”. On a particular night they go out looking for trouble, and trouble is what they find. The tone of this story is serious, dark, and very graphic. This story is full of literary devices. Metaphors and similes come thick and fast on the shores of Greasy Lake, and Boyle never contents himself with one when he can offer two or three. The comparisons for their abundance, are neither aimless nor without purpose; they enable us to see the referent from strategic points of view.

Sudden and Ironic events that happen to the narrator in T.C. Boyle's short story "Greasy Lake" are the same type of events that in an instant will change a person forever. The ironic circumstances that the narrator in "Greasy Lake" finds himself in are the same circumstances that young people find themselves in when fighting war.

Chopin, Kate. “The Storm.” Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 3rd ed. New York: Longman, 2010. 98-103.

In Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” Chopin creates a setting and environment for an affair and using the storm as the symbol of the story. From the beginning we can see clearly that Chopin chooses the storm to move things along in the story for example when bibi saw what called his child’s attention to certain somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar. Calixta was at home working on her sewing furiously and didn’t notice the storm coming and was starting to feel very warm when it suddenly began to grow dark and realized the weather she ran to close all the doors and windows. Bobinot and Bibi decided to take shelter at the store and Alcee needing shelter nearby creates a force to bring Alcee and Calixta inside alone.

In addition, the narrator uses a descriptive tone throughout the book by using phrases: “something mesmerizing” and “something fascinating” to describe different scenes. In my opinion, the narrator personality is portrayed as interesting and outgoing. The narrator speaks from an observer point of view. As the story progresses, the narrator begins to describe each action as it occurred.

To illustrate a difference in an element of fiction, we commence with plot. We can conclude that Chopin has numerous techniques to implement her notions and effectively carry out disparate plots by comparing her two short stories. In “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin, the main character, Louise Mallard, “died of heart disease” at the end of the story (Chopin 181). What this melancholy ending does for this story is create a tone of dreariness. In spite of this method, in “The Storm” by Chopin, at the end of this fearsome storm, “everyone was happy” (Chopin 123). Chopin’s approach to ending this story was unlike her approach to ending “The Story of an Hour.” The pleasing ending of “The Storm” creates a fulfilled, content tone for the story. Demonstrating that two stories transcribed by the same author end in two utterly divergent

Chopin writes the story in third person limited point of view instead of writing it in first person

Kate Chopin was an American author who wrote the short story “The Storm”. It takes place somewhere down in Louisiana at a general store and at the house of Calixta, Bobinot who is the wife of Calixta, and their son Bibi. The other character in the story is the friend of Calixta, Alcee Laballiere. The story begins with Bobinot and Bibi in the general store to buy a can of shrimp; meanwhile, at home, Calixta is at home doing chores when a storm develops, which makes her worry about Bobinot and Bibi arriving home safely. As Calixta’s friend arrives to talk with her, but the friend has an intimate thought about her from their earlier years. He then starts to flirt with Calixta, which leads to passionate lovemaking. She then realizes from their love affair that it is ok to be open sexually and freely. Some scholars believe that “The Storm” invokes many daring and passionate sex qualities, while others say it is politically incorrect for the time period. However, I will argue that “The Storm” outlines Kate Chopin’s life, both through her amour and through the location and time. I will do this by writing from a biographical criticism perspective along with analyzing what other scholars said about the story and whether it strengthens or enfeebles my belief.

The personality of the narrator is foregrounded and exists as a character engaged in an open dialogue with the reader. The narrator is thoroughly unreliable in his ability to serve as the sole source of information and insight, a figure possessing absolute control of the text. The authority of the narrator is paradoxically undermined and  underscored by admission of his own inadequacies in shaping the text.

In his texts, he ponders an audience that feels the same as many of his characters. When someone is living in a recognizably stereotyped country - Ireland, for example, dealing with a religious society in conflict with civil rights of minorities, it is easy to identify with the author's writing. By imagining a life in the situation of a stranger in a totally

To begin, the reader must first understand the type of character He is along with the deterioration of the state of his mental stability. Upon analysis of He, it can be deduced that the main character is known as a round character. A round character is defined as “complex and multi-faceted and acts in a way that readers might not expect but accept as possible” (Mays, A2). He meets the criteria to be labeled a round character due primarily to analysis of his actions throughout the fiction, wherein He has a nervous breakdown which completely shifted the immediate feel of the story. He exhibits a multi-faceted nature as the story unfolds because the author eventually admonishes to the reader the details of the main character’s childhood, along with announcing the presence

Kate Chopin shows the ability for characters to develop sympathy for the target audience. By going beneath the surface, Chopin completes her objective in order to show a connection between the reader and the character. By introducing a character, the reader can understand the circumstances he or she is going through to fight off the problematic situation. In this emotional, complex excerpt, Chopin uses a woman who has feelings for two men. The setting in the story creates the imaginable surroundings for adult “relations”. She uses setting to establish character in order to demonstrate tell a story using the storm as a symbol.