Post #1: "The Story of an Hour" By Kate Chopin

I just finished reading the short story, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. It opens with an intriguing hook that looped me in immediately. I had different reactions through out the different emotions of Mrs. Mallard, the main character. I liked the extremity of her emotions as she thought through what had happened but there were also more subtle things that made you as the reader think through the story. The story is set in spring which is the season of rebirth which is interesting because our opening line involves a death. Chopin particularly chose the season of spring to show the contradiction of death and rebirth. She makes different references like crying like a child after hearing that her husband has died. She explains subtly that her reaction to her husbands death is unlike most others.