Personal Narrative 'Railroad Disaster: Dozens Dead'

This story is based on her husband’s death, her reaction to his death, her feelings after finding out about his death, and her reaction when she finds out he is still alive. This story is based on Mrs. Louise Mallard and the author does a tremendous job describing all these details about her.

Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Sommers have a fair share of intemperance. Mrs. Mallard has come to the realization that the death of her husband is not only a tragic occurrence, but also a beneficial cutting of her previously binding marital ties. The crisis of her grief has given her new insight on her life, and Mrs. Mallard understands that her marriage has limited her independence and freedom. Due to this realization she immediately forgets about the accident and starts to think about her freedom: ““Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering” (paragraph 14). It is only an hour after Mrs. Mallard has received the bitter news of her husband’s death. Considering that her husband is gone, instead of mourning, she is overwhelmed with the freedom she

This personal confession shows that Mrs. Mallard, though she will mourn at first, now is free to “live for herself,” (228) not for her imposing husband. Before her husband’s death, Mrs. Mallard believed she was in a healthy, normal marriage. This death revealed to her how while she cared about her husband, she despised the lack of freedom her marriage had given her. All of the realizations that Mrs. Mallard reaches during her time of reflection shows the readers exactly why she will no longer mourn the death of her husband.

Initially, Mrs. Mallard reacts with great sadness over the news of her husband’s death. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard suffers from “heart trouble”, Josephine, Mrs. Mallard’s sister decides to “hint” her the news of Brently’s death in “broken sentences”. Josephine assumes that Mrs. Mallard “[loves]” her husband, and naturally

In this reading, the narrator talks about the reaction of Mrs. Millard who had heart problems, when she notices of her husband´s death. Louise Mallard is at home with her sister Josephine, when they hear of a rain accident; then Josephine tells Louise that her husband has been killed it in the accident.

Not long after, the construction to fix the railroad was started and permanent signs were put up to warn drivers of the possible danger. Death caused the community to unite to bring about positive reform. Why does it take a tragedy to unify a community over the well being of every individual? This idea needs to change. Before the dire circumstances and before the death, we need to ask ourselves what needs fixing. We need to unify communities to work for the bettering of their own futures, instead of tolerating the wrongs or the ignored that eventually lead to trauma.

Mallard that can be imagined only privately. When Mrs. Mallard hears the news from Josephine and Richards her husbands friend, of Brently’s death, she reacts with obvious grief, and although her reaction is in a way more hysterical than others it is an appropriate one. However, Mrs. Mallard begins to realize that she is now a woman with independence from marriage, a thought that pleases and excites her. Even though these are her private thoughts, she at first tries to hide the joy she feels. Such resistance reveals how her desire takes over and leads to despair.

Elizabeth clasps her shaking fingers together as she stares unblinkingly at the picture hung up on the opposite wall. All she feels is a crippling, bone-breaking pain; yet at the same time, she is numb. A part of Elizabeth wants to break free of this icy ocean that surrounds her drowning form, but a stronger, louder part welcomes the numbing pain; for it is all she has left of John. It’s been well over a year since he has been gone and she still wakes up at three in the morning, nearly sobbing, with the bittersweet taste of a memory with John, her John, on her tongue. She loved him, she loves him, she will always love him; that will never change and she doesn’t want it to.

While Mrs. Mallard remembers Mr. Mallard as a kind and tender man who loved her, she also viewed him as the oppression that marriage put upon women and men. While Mr. Mallard was kind and loving to his wife, he was also controlling and overbearing. Josephine, Mrs. Mallard’s sister and Richards, Mr. Mallard’s friend is there to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Richards has learned of Mr. Mallard’s death at the newspaper office, not wanting to believe the information that was received, Richards waited for the new to be delivered for a second time before enlisting the help of Josephine. They are both there to support Mrs. Mallard and their support shows that they care for Mr. and Mrs. Mallard.

1. My initial impression of this work was that it was going to be a story of sadness. The beginning focuses on Brently Mallard’s death and how Mrs. Mallard would deal with this. I also realized that the narrator was an outside-unknown character. This story was narrated in the third person as well.

Unknowingly to the reader, the cyclical fate of Mrs. Mallard is stated in the first sentence of the author’s work, moreover, it is the title of the story and will take the reader over the course of an hour wherein determining Mrs. Mallards fate. In short, Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble, she is then given grave news of her husband’s death. Richard’s, the family friend, “Hastens to forestall any less careful news”.(57) Wants to be the bearer of bad news, in doing so does not wait for conformation of Brently Mallard’s death. Which in turn will lead the wife to believe at the time; her

Mrs mallard believes that her husband was died. Her sister josephine told her that was been in the newspaper that her husband as died. He had only taken the time to assure himself its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall, and careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message. There's never a nice or better way to say or tell someone that one of their family had died. Is a difficult,but there’s only one way to know the true no matter what.

Anguish suffocated her. Her mouth felt like cotton as she gasped for air. Groans of deep longing escaped as one who mourns the loss of a loved one taken from this earth too soon. Gut-wrenching emotional pain percolated deep within her. She stared at her disfigured body. Screaming to the reflection in her bathroom mirror, she reached out and smashed the ghastly reflection with her fist, shards of glass flying in every direction, “WHY ME?! What have I done to deserve this?! IT’S NOT FAIR!!!” She lay prostrate on the floor sobbing uncontrollably, blood dripping from her cut hand. “Dear God, HELP ME! I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE! I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!” Her body shook violently, then, like ripples of water slowly dissipating into a calm body of water, stillness washed over her. Peace fell on her like none she had ever known. Hanna sat up. Her tear-stained face and swollen eyes held a glimmer of

This story describes how a women felt a sense of relief and liberation following her husband’s death. Lousie Millard has heart trouble , so she was carefully informed about her husband’s death by her sister Josephine. Richard , Louise husband’s friend saw Brently in the list of those killed in the newspaper office about the railroad diseaster. She begins crying and runs to her room and locks herself .She wants to let be alone. Sitting down she sees out of the window looking at the trees, smelling the rain and hears a peddler yelling what he’s selling. She could also hear someone singing , the sounds of sparrows and sees the blue paths on the fluffy clouds. She is young with fine lines around her eyes. She stares out of the window sad, dull and crying. She tries to suppress her feelings and emotions which is not easy . Therefore she repeats the word Free! Over and over again. Her heart beats quickly and she feels warm.

This story is about a wife named Louise Mallard who has heart trouble, so she must be informed carefully about her husband’s death. Her sister, Josephine, is unfortunately the one who has to break the news to newly widowed wife. One of her husband’s friends, Richard, learned about her husband’s death when he was reading the newspaper and heard about the crashing of a train that Brently was on. Louise is devastated when she learns of her husband’s death and runs upstairs to be alone. Louise sits down and ponders about life while looking out the window and hears a vendor yelling what he is selling. Still crying, she looks into the distance wondering what’s next. She is nervous for her life ahead and doesn’t know what she is going to do without her husband. She starts to think about what life is going to be like without having anyone telling her what to do, when to do it, or how to do it. She starts to feel warm inside knowing she is finally free. Louise knows she will become overcome with emotions when she is forced to see Brently’s body. She imagines the years