Essay on The Storm And The Rocking Horse Winner

“The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is a story about a little boy who is neglected by his mom and desperately rides his horse in order to predict which horse will be the next winner at the race track. He wins a lot of money for his mother, hoping that it will earn her love; however, he is greatly mistaken. He ends up riding his horse to exhaustion just to get more money and ends up dying. In “The Rocking Horse Winner” Lawrence uses symbolism, a biblical allusion, and negative characterization of the mother to explain the pursuit of money is a futile quest and does not result in a happy ending.

How does the storm help set in motion the action of the story? List the events caused by the storm.

Kate Chopin wrote the short story “The Storm” one of her most bold stories and did not even intention to publish it (Cutter 191). The two main characters in the story are Calixta and Alcee. They both used to be attracted to one another in previous years, but now they are both married to someone else. After Alcee arrives to Calixta’s house looking for shelter they are driven into a passionate moment. In the story “The Storm” the storm has a significant meaning; without it the affair of Calixta and Alcee performed would not have been as powerful as it was between them. “The Storm” has a great deal of symbolism throughout the story: the clouds, the use of color white, the storm relative to the affair, the after effects of the affair, Calixta,

The storm was the simple of the natural and that what made people say that this story considered as naturalism story or narrative. “So the storm passed and everyone was happy” (437). This quote shows that the storm is the reason of the affair that happened between

Kate Chopin's story is set in Louisiana in the mid 1900s and in it she depicts the demonstration of affection and unfaithfulness. There are two individuals in a marriage and it is imperative for each gathering to feel adored, uncommon, and to get their coveted achievements. Chopin utilizes this story to delineate the energetic urges that a man can be overwhelmed with on the off chance that they are missing it in their own particular relationship. In the short story "The Storm," Chopin utilizes the abstract components imagery, perspective, and setting to uncover her point of view on the subject of marriage and satisfaction. Kate Chopin utilizes the moving toward storm as an image of bringing the primary characters back together. The two principle characters, whom are previous sweethearts are Calixta and Alcee. Alcee was happening upon Calixta's home amid the season of the tempest and needed to take shield in her home while it passed. The tempest is the most critical image in the story since it is depicted as the explanation behind bringing Alcee and Calixta back together. Alcee and Calixta had not seen each other "all the time since her marriage, and never alone" (Chopin 122) which made this moving toward storm extremely helpful for the two since her better half and child were held up at the store and Alcee's family was away.

'The Storm' and 'The Story of an Hour' expresses the attitudes of two women's rebirth and liberation. These two stories are alike in several ways. Natures plays a major role in both of these women's lives. Calixta and Mrs. Louise Mallard struggle to find their independence and in doing so the endings are triumphant and tragic.

In Kate Chopin’s story “The Storm” it talks about love and lust. It speaks of two kind of storm that occurs. These two storms I find to be the central part of the story, and is being represented as a symbol within the story. The first storm is the most obvious one that Bibi and Bobinot are faced with. The second storm isn’t that visible for it involves Calixta and Alcee. Just as like most storms they come and pass.

The storm is menacing, it rolls in “somber…with sinister intention.” Chopin allows us to see the storm build up slowly, reaching its highpoint, and passing. The storm builds chaotically to its climax, Alcee and Calixta are together. As the storm dies out and fades away everything is quiet again in terms of the relationship. The reader can make the assumption that the marriages are unharmed, but it shows that they aren’t perfect.

The short story, “The Storm” by Kate Chopin is about a love that could never be until it briefly was. The point that Chopin was trying to get across was that Calixta and Alcee had a strong passion for one-another, and perhaps loved each other, but they could never have been married because of their social differences. It is a passionate, but brief affair between two married people from different social classes that takes place during a cyclone in Louisiana around 1898. The story symbolizes the freedom that a woman felt inside after the rain during a time when women had no freedom. (Firtha lesson 2 page 1)

In the “The Rocking-Horse Winner” the authority figures is Paul, the main characters, are his mom, his uncle Oscar Creswell, and Bassett. Paul has a conversation with his mother about how unlucky she is, sees her sadness and gets into betting on horse racing so that he can get money. His uncle encouraged the gambling because he provided Paul with the money when Paul went to his first horse race. Even though Bassett has not family relation with Paul they end up being gambling partners, he is still an authority figure because of his age and experience on betting in horse races. With the settings and people who are in control, the characters in “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and their personal experiences and thoughts play a role in why they act differently. In ‘The Lottery” Tessie’s family became selfish at the end even though she was screaming that the lottery was not fair. Bill immediately turned on his wife to save himself (Jackson, 71). In “The Rocking-Horse Winner” Paul, who is only a young boy, hears from his mother that his father is unlucky and that she is unlucky because she married a man that cannot make any money (Lawrence, 174). When Paul heard that he decided on his own that he was going to be the lucky one for his mother so that she could be happy. Also the house was whispering to him and his sisters that it needs more money, instead of telling his parents he resolves that he is going to be the person to make money and feed the house. Conclusively, the main characters in “the Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are not compassionate, they are cold-hearted, and only look out for themselves even when their family is in need of help or in trouble. One of the main characters Paul in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence becomes fully aware of his family’s problems and tries to make his mom and the house happy. The surroundings, the authority figures and someone’s own point of view shapes the way they act towards their family in times of stress for the better or worse.

“ The Storm” by Kate Chopin is a great setting for such an adulterous affair. The storm in the story may seem coincidental but that may not be true. The story portrays adultery in the form of a storm and shows how the adultery rises and falls with the storm in the story.

Do you know that stormy weather that makes you want to get comfortable? In this story, the main character, Calixta, is interrelated with the setting of the story, “The Storm” by Kate Chopin. In “The Storm”, setting plays the role as a catalyst that ignites Alcee’s and Calixta’s passion that then runs parallel with the storm. As their relationship builds together, Calixta’s natural desires become fulfilled; which without an outlet on the ability to express our emotions and natural desires, conflicts and storms result in our lives.

When Alcee rides up at the beginning of the storm Calixta gathers her husband s Sunday clothes in order to remember her sense of duty and loyalty to her husband.  Respecting social graces, Alcee tries to stay outside, but the storm drives him into the house.  Inside Calixta s home Alcee can see into her  dim and mysterious  bedroom, this foreshadows the forbidden relationship that takes place.

The Storm is a great story to teach setting with because each setting in the story holds deeper significance than simply a place for the plot to unfold in. The two locations, Friedheimer’s store and Calixta’s home represent male and female gender roles and their expectations respectively. Bobint shows his young son the signs of a storm as he, “called the child’s attention to certain somber clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west, accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar.” In the 1800s, and today to a certain extent, it was the man’s job to care about

Certain individuals have a drive that can lead them to achieve what they desire most. In the Short story “The Rocking Horse Winner”, D.H Lawrence showcases this through character motivation and symbolism. He further this using pursuit of desire, and how if you take it to a certain extent it can result in tragedy if the individual chooses not to conform. Paul wants to please his mother because his mother feels that there family has no luck, but Paul proclaims that he is lucky. Paul suddenly becomes consumed with this sudden spree of good luck and feels this is the only way he will be able to gain to the affection of his mother. D.H Lawrence reveals that Paul has a certain flaw that turns him to believe that the only way he will be able to gain his mothers love and affection is by winning money in the horse races. He leads this pursuit of desire to the standards he thought he wanted to, but not to the standards that would have achieved what he wanted, which leads to his down fall. When individuals desire love from another, they may choose to conform their beliefs and actions to that person. At first they may feel successful, however if they sacrifice everything, in pursuing this kind of goal, they may pay a heavy price instead of gaining there hearts desire.