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Comparing Story Of An Hour 'And Verb To Kill'

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Delusions In this essay I will discuss both the similarities and contrast between the two stories, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Verb to Kill” by Luisa Valenzuela. I will be analyzing the subject of delusions between the two stories. After reading both stories numerous times and carefully reviewing it, I strongly feel with good reason that Luisa Valenzuela story, “The Verb to Kill” serves as a stronger model for the subject of delusions. Throughout this essay, I will explain my reasoning behind my judgment, using examples from the story to backup my statements and conclusions. In “The Story of an Hour” Louise Mallard is the women who is experiencing a delusion. The delusion began when her sister Josephine announced that her husband Brently had died in an accident. Rather than feeling the pain of having lost a loved one, Louise expressed an unexpected array of emotions. She felt a joyous feeling of independence granted by the death of her husband. For example, Louise said under her breath: “free, free, free!” She firmly believes that her husband is dead and she is free to live for herself. Louise’s bizarre delusions stem from the self-realization that she …show more content…

In “The Story of an Hour” it’s more of a dreamy delusion; all her thoughts are focus how free she’ll be now that her husband is died. For example, “She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long.” Louise once hoped life would be short, she now prays for a long, happy life by being independence. In “The Verb to Kill” it’s more of a paranoid delusion. They have these thoughts about this stranger, that has never even talk to them but yet they say he wants them. By saying “Surprise us on our last day here and catch us while we’re still pure so’s to get more please.” That being said “Verb to Kill” is the

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