I never read any work of Kate Chopin before I got to this class, but I must say that I love her work. I was very conserned at the begining of the school year, because I was scared I wasnt going to enjoy any reading. But her work made me want to read on. One of my favorites is "The Storm". I enjoyed this story very much. I read At the Cadian Ball and I was so intrigued that I wanted a sequel, and there it was The Storm. The Storm was unpredictable, you thought you knew what was going to happen, but it was the total opposite. In the begining, Calixtas husband Babinot was at a store with BIBi. They had to stay there untill the storm passed. Calixta was at the house getting all the clothes she had put out that day to dry and then it all started. Alcee came along and asked to stay with her while the storm passed. What I found real funny is that he happen to just be riding by and needed shelter and out of all the places it had to be Calixtas house.
See Calixta and Alsee have this passion for eachother, but they are both married so anything they had or have as far as passiom shoulod be forbidden. You thimk them being married would stop them but it doesnt. To my knowledge they have sex which is bad because they are married,but i dont blame them, they have the HOTS for one another. And as for there other spouses they settled for them. Calixta settled for Babinot because he was a good husband. Alsee settled for his wife because of social cercumstances, which was typicle back in the day and to me still happens.
At the end when the storm passes Alsee leaves and Babinot and Bibi come back. This is what blew my mind. Calixta was so happy to see her husband and son and she cooked them dinner like nothing ever happened. Alsee goes back home and writes his wife a love letter. I think they both acted this way out of guilt. Too me, I think Alsee thinks he could keep going to see Calixta or at least wants something to do with her because he tells his wife not to hurry back. In my opinion I think that Alsee and Calixta are perfect for eachother. I dont think you should marry people because of there social class. I think you should be in love with them that way affairs dont happen.
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I definatley agree that these type of marriages due to society occurs to this day. Not only does it happen in real life between races, cultures and class level. but it also is portrayed in movies a lot. This story also made me think of the movie my big fat greek wedding, just for the reason that the family was mad because she married a non greek man. even though Calixta and Aclee are attracted to eachother they cant be together because of thier different class levels.
i was also concerned about the reading, i figured it would be boring, but Chopin wasn;t boring really at all. Even though there were some areas of "the Cadian ball" that were a little dry. The Storm was definotely unpredictable and i think the suprise in it was what made it interesting. I really don;t think that a lot of people let marriage stand between their infatuation or love for someone else. Especially if you are in Calixta and Alcee's cases. They were kinda forced to be married but they didn't love their mates. they loved eachother and i don't think that their love for eachother will ever fade. So therefore they have to cheat on their significant others.
I disagree with the statement that just because they have the "hots" for each other that they should still have sex. I wouldn't be happy if my dad cheated on my mom because he had the hots for another woman. It's just morally wrong. He should've married the woman he had sex with if he likes her so much. They shouldn't have cared about class structure and just married each other.
Taysha, i really feel the same way. When i started the class i really thought i wasn't going to like any of the readings either. But when we got reading Chopin I realized that she has such a unique method of writing that i didn't want to put it down. So after reading your post i have to say that i really agree with you because i think that the story is such a romantic one. I also couldn't wait to read the sequel too. I think The Storm was my favorite though i love the description used and i really think that she is such a great writer.
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