Story Of An Hour Transcontinental Railroad

And eventually die together as comrades. In the story of an hour the irony is whenever Mrs. Mallard neighbors find out that her husband has died they try to break the news to her softly so that she will not die from her heart condition, but it turns out that her husband never died in a train wreck, so her surprise at seeing him walk in the door alive causes her to die. “

In “The Story of an Hour” we see Mrs. Louise Mallard receives news of the death of her husband. The

I chose to do my analysis on the short story, “The Story Of An Hour”. The themes I see in this story is the quest for identity/coming of age, romantic/love, birth, and death. It is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard. She was an elderly lady and had a heart complications. Her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards had to break the news to her that her husband, Brently Mallard, has been killed in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard was sorrowful and sobbed in her sisters’ arms. After her grieving process, she wanted to be alone, so she went to her room and locked herself in. As she sat in the window, she seem to be calmer and accepted her husband’s death. She was not distressed of what had happened. She began to say the words “free” and her heart

to many cities two decades of rail roads have been built (history.com). during this time

Lasting less than a generation the old west still had a colossal impact on America. While the civil war between the south and the north was coming to an end a new one was beginning; the East and the West against the wilderness. Everything started when Lincoln wanted to build a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Two teams were formed the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific moving towards each other to create the first transcontinental railroad. Each team fighting through dangers to build the Railroad that will pave the way towards westward expansion and development of the old west.

Around the 1840’s, the western land was still fairy new to America with many Americans eager to expand. Americans became extremely curious, wondering what lies in this forsaken land and developed the proposal of manifest destiny. The term manifest destiny “was a brief way to express support for American expansion and the annexation of western lands” (Mountjoy 12). Americans were now longing for a path from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and hoping to fulfill manifest destiny. To achieve this “Asa Whitney proposes the construction of a transcontinental railroad” (Streissguth 9). The transcontinental railroad was designed to “link Omaha, Nebraska with Sacramento, California” (Stein 105). By creating the transcontinental railroad America would be able to expand across the entire country and manifest destiny would be fulfilled. After a long process “On May 10, 1869 the transcontinental railroad was complete” (Bain 9). Americans had access across the entire United States and was able to complete manifest destiny. This accomplishment was huge for America and provided happiness for an abundance of citizens. However, this happiness was not achieved by everyone. Plains Indians were very agitated upon the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad’s “tracks ran through a number of tribal territories, bringing into conflict cultures that held very different views of the land and how it might be used and lived on” (Jawort). How were Plains Indians

Before the railroad was completed, traveling overland transcontinental was expensive and took months to travel. With making the railroads, the trip would cost a lot less and only take a couple of days to complete. The Western railroads that expanded from the West connected the continent when all of the investors thought it was a worthless sage brush that had insurmountable mountains and only a few scattered settlers. With the building of the transcontinental railroads, that took six years and almost entirely made by hand, it brought together California with the rest of the growing nation, was actually the largest single western expansion. With two very small ribbons of steel, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific western railroads brought

In “The Story of an Hour”, the main character Mrs. Mallard, gets news that her husband has been killed in an accident. Her sister delays telling her the news because she has a bad heart, but when she finally tells the news, Mrs. Mallard wants to be left alone. They think that she is very upset by her husband’s death, but

In "The story of an Hour," Kate Chopin reveals the complex character, Mrs. Mallard, In a most unusual manner. THe reader is led to believe that her husband has been killed in a railway accident. The other characters in the story are worried about how to break the news to her; they know whe suffers from a heart condition, and they fear for her health. On the surface, the story appears to be about how Mrs. Mallard deals with the news of the death of her husband. On a deeper level, however, the story is about the feeling of intense joy that Mrs. Mallard experiences when she realizes that she is free from the influences of her husband and the consequences of

Why do you think President Lincoln decided to support the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, a very expensive project, even though the Civil War was still going on?

The Pacific Railroad, the first railroad to cross the North American continent, was named by BBC as one of the seven wonders of the world since the industrial revolution. The Pacific Railway has made great contributions to the economic development of the United states. It is more than 3 thousand km across the entire North American continent, is the world's first transcontinental railway, which in the eyes of the Americans as a miracle of the railway, the conditions at the time, the construction process is extremely difficult. The Sierra Nevada mountain steep terrain, is the most difficult construction of the Pacific

In "The Story of an Hour", the story revolves around Mrs. Mallard who suffers from a heart condition. Because of this, everyone tries to make everything easier for her so she doesn't strain herself too hard. This becomes difficult when news arrives

“The Story of an Hour” is a story about a woman, Mrs. Mallard, who comes to find that her beloved husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad incident. She mourns of his death in a different way than most would and tries to find a way to get over it. There is a drastic twist to the story when through the front door walks Brently Mallard who had actually not died. Then Mrs. Mallard drops to the floor dead, “of joy that kills”. (The Story of an Hour)

The focus of the “The Story of an Hour” is on Mrs. Mallard, who is the quaint and seemed to be frail women with a heart condition. Mrs. Mallard is told that her husband was killed in a tragic train accident. As she processes this devastating news, she realizes that she is free from the chains of her marriage. That she can finally be the woman

“The Story of an Hour” tells the story about Mrs. Mallard, who learns that her husband is dead and right after that faces a great variety of emotions and feelings. Mrs. Mallard has a heart problem. One day she gets news that her husband has died in a railroad disaster. She starts crying at once, goes upstairs and locks herself in her room. She feels very lonely at first but then she starts feeling happy and free from her marriage. After some time she opens the door and descends the stairs. She surprisingly sees Mr. Mallard at the door. When she looks at Mr. Mallard, she dies suddenly. The doctor says that she dies of her heart disease, from the "joy that kills." This story illustrates the dependent condition and status of married women in the 19th century and reveals the fact that there is no way of escaping from marriage except one’s death.