Kate Chopin's The Storm p.531

Being a sequel to another story of Chopin's, this piece begins and ends as if there is more to it. It begins randomly with the Bibi and Bobinot at a store and Calixta at home. Alone it seemed like a story that is to be read by anyone who wants to listen. Today any kind of story whether it be through movies old and new, books, cartoons, a nickelodeon, photos, animation or other kinds that a story can be told through, invites people to sit down and just listen, watch, and enjoy. One reason we are willing to sit down and read The Storm, is because we are able to connnect with her characters and experience Chopin's detailed descriptions that tell what is happening or what something looks like as if the readers were right there with the characters to watch it. This draws an audience, who is interested, to be inspired and emersed in a story.

Bibi and Bobinot are stopped from going home from Friedheimers because of the storm. Well many of us have been caught in storms. What the characters are doing are normal to human life and it opens a door that invites the audience to connect with the characters because we understand what it's like to be human. For example, Bobinot finds shrimp for Calixta because she likes them. Bobinot purchased the shrimps because, "of which Claixta was very fond." At the end Bobinot shows Calixta the can of shrimps. "I bought you some shrimps, Calixta," offered Bobinot, hauling the can from his ample side pocket and laying it on the table. "Shrimps! Oh, Bobinot! you too good fo' anything!" p534. Through Chopin's great descriptions of things we know exactly what she's talking about. We know what Calixta looks like. Have we seen a woman's lips like hers before? "Her lips were as red and moist as pomegranate seed" p533. "She was a little fuller of figure than five years before when she married; but she had lost nothing but her vivacity. Her blue eyes still retained their melting quality; and her yellow hair, desheveled by the wind and rain, kinked more stubbornly than ever about her ears and temples p532." Whoa, what a description. Chopin shows us how you can describe yellow hair, lips, and eyes with words on paper. It seems so real.

So admist the reality of the story and her great descriptions, the things that are going on in the story are up to the readers to figure out. The storm seemed like a heavy wall between lies that lifts when the characters continue with their lives after the storm. Bobinot didn't seem to know what Calixta was doing during the heavy storm. Alcee's wife thinks he is by himself but during the storm he was showing old love for Calixta. It seems Calixta and Alcee might turn the whole story into a love affair.