Language Devotional Final: The Story Of An Hour By Kate Chopin

Language Devotional Final In Kate Chopin’s story, “The Story of An Hour”, she talks about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who had just lost her husband. After reacting sadly towards the supposed death, Mrs. Mallard discovers that now that her husband is gone, she can finally be free. There are many things contributed to the narrative techniques, and her transformation goes from her being sad to realizing that she didn’t need a man. That she could be happy with the use of metaphor, diction and simile. The first narrative technique that was recognized was metaphor. The technique is displayed in this quote, “she sat. . . motionless… a child who has cried itself to sleep.” Basically, the quote is implying that she has become extremely devastated