Use of Narrative Structure and Elements of Fiction in The Storm
... 1L16 3 March 2003 Outline Thesis statement: The short story “The Storm”, by Kate Chopin, closely follows the five steps of narrative structure, spending much focus on the conflict, which receives emphasis through the use of many elements of fiction. ... Deus ex machina Pasquale 1 The Use of Narrative Structure and Elements of Fiction in “The Storm” The short story “The Storm”, by Kate Chopin, closely follows the five steps of narrative structure, spending much focus on the conflict, which receives emphasis through the use of many elements of fiction. ... He decides to wait out the storm inside the store that he and his son are in, although Calixta, his wife, will be alone at home during the storm. The exposition concludes with the storm seeming “to be ripping great furrows in the distant field”(5), which may be a foreshadowing hinting at trouble ahead. ... She is “sewing furiously”(6), and the storm surprises her. ... The storm also intensifies, and that points toward an allegorical use of the weather in this story. ... The setting at this point describes the privacy and distance from the regular world that they both notice as they stand together at a window, looking at the storm (19).