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Theme: The importance of community
Kim Chapter 1 Pgs. 1-3
A brief summary: A little child living in an apartment complex chooses to grow some lima beans on an empty lot to demonstrate to her deceased father that she is capable of hard work and patience. It creates a ripple effect throughout the building, causing others to reflect on their own problems and how a little girl's example of constructing a beautiful garden and cooperating may make a difference in their circumstances.
We are introduced to Kim, a young woman who lives in Cleveland in an apartment complex. She is staring at her father's portrait, unsure if he can see or remember her. He died eight months prior to her birth. Her father was a farmer in Vietnam, and she chooses to plant some lime beans on an empty lot to demonstrate her patience and determination to her father.
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Authors foreshadowing
Metaphors
Evidence in text
Understanding what happened before
and you always have to have strong reasoning as to why you think that
Explanation:
Explanation:
"The Storm" is one of the most famous short stories that was written in the year 1898 by the author named, Kate Chopin. It is about a love story about two person, Calixta and Alcee.
The author uses many symbols to represents and plots his story. One such symbols is the 'storm'. It is the main symbol of the story. It mainly represents the sexual drive of Alcée and Calixta and their repercussions because of this drive. The 'rain' is also used as a symbol in this story. It symbolizes and introduces the adulterous affair between the two. The rain starts falling when Alcee arrive sand it stops as he moves away. Other symbols used are the name of the place, Assumption, the colors white, red, green, etc.
The setting placed in this story tries to create the perfect environment for an adulterous affair. In “The Storm”, by Kate Chopin, Chopin not only wishes to create the perfect setting but she also uses her setting as the symbol of the affair. The storm and the sexual passion of Calixta and Alcée are both potentially destructive. The storm's destructive act which lead the two protagonists to have sex, it will most likely to have a destructive effect to their marriages.
Kate Chopin uses the word 'storm' as a metaphor as it sets the mood of the setting of the story and also it symbolizes its potential destructive nature which may ruin the marriage life of both Alcee and Calixta.
