Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin appears to have a very interesting way of writing. I have read a few of her other pieces in the past, and these two seem to follow suit. I like the way she uses little (or big) twists to keep the reader interested and looking for more.
Chopin was a very different writer for her time, which probably explains why many of her pieces were not widely published right when they were written, for example “The Storm.” Chopin writes about things that were virtually unspoken of in the 1800’s.

“The generous abundance of her passion without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached. When he touched her breasts they gave themselves up in quivering ecstasy, inviting his lips. Her mouth was a fountain of delight...” (307-8).

Most likely if we were to read 100 books published in the 1800’s, very few would be on the topic of such passion, and even fewer would use such language. I think that this is strange. Looking at this section from a twenty-first century point of view we would not call this graphic, but considering the time and place, it was.

Not only was this short story on an unspoken of topic, but this particular display of passion was out of class, which adds to the reasons why it would not have been very popular at the time it was written. I think Kate Chopin was trying to prove something with her writing. She knew there were things going on which many people were either unaware of, or did not even want to think was happening, and I think she was trying to kind of say “look! This is how it is. Get used to it!”