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The Chrysanthemums Comparison
The short stories, “The story of an hour" written by Kate Choplin and "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck have similar theme because the main character goes through similar struggle. Both character illustrates the struggle that they had to go through in the past. They did not have any rights like that the modern woman in today's era have. They both live with the inequalities. However, they both have different experience as well as ending is different. Other difference that both stories have is sex of the authors, as well as the time were written in.
The main character of "The story of an hour" is Louise Mallard. The story is from the time when women have no right and had to say nothing after marriage. She was fully dependent on her husband.

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