Short Story Summary
Zichao Huang
Mr. Lambert
English028
March 17, 2015
The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart, and she is sick. Something bad has happened, and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister, and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend, and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards was at the newspaper office, so he knew about the accident. Richards said that he made sure that Mr. Mallard died in the train accident. When they tell Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died, it is different because she is different. She doesn’t think that it is true, and she thought that it is made up. She cries a lot because she does not believe that Mr. Mallard has died. She cries for a long time. When she stops crying, she is in her room for a long time too. She sits a long time in a big chair, and she looks outside at the blue sky. She has a lot of things to think about. She looks at the things outside. She sees a lot of green things outside, and she thinks that these are about life. Everything that she sees is very pretty, and she thinks that the world is a happy place. She hears people talking on the street, and she hears people singing on the street. All of the people are happy, and Mrs. Mallard watches them. She really likes the sky because it is really blue and pretty. She sees a lot of blue in the sky between the clouds. She does not move a lot because she is tired. She is still crying though because she has a lot of emotions. Her crying is very loud like a baby that is scared at night. She is like a baby because of how much she is crying and doing nothing. She is not normal because of all of the things that she is feeling and thinking about. Mrs. Mallard is very young, and she has a very normal face. She is very strong too. She was very still because she was
Mr. Lambert
English028
March 17, 2015
The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart, and she is sick. Something bad has happened, and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister, and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend, and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards was at the newspaper office, so he knew about the accident. Richards said that he made sure that Mr. Mallard died in the train accident. When they tell Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died, it is different because she is different. She doesn’t think that it is true, and she thought that it is made up. She cries a lot because she does not believe that Mr. Mallard has died. She cries for a long time. When she stops crying, she is in her room for a long time too. She sits a long time in a big chair, and she looks outside at the blue sky. She has a lot of things to think about. She looks at the things outside. She sees a lot of green things outside, and she thinks that these are about life. Everything that she sees is very pretty, and she thinks that the world is a happy place. She hears people talking on the street, and she hears people singing on the street. All of the people are happy, and Mrs. Mallard watches them. She really likes the sky because it is really blue and pretty. She sees a lot of blue in the sky between the clouds. She does not move a lot because she is tired. She is still crying though because she has a lot of emotions. Her crying is very loud like a baby that is scared at night. She is like a baby because of how much she is crying and doing nothing. She is not normal because of all of the things that she is feeling and thinking about. Mrs. Mallard is very young, and she has a very normal face. She is very strong too. She was very still because she was
Cited: Chopin, Kate. “The Story of an Hour.” Literature: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Gardner, Lawn, Ridl & Schakel. London: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012. 59-61. Print.