it would be slightly different than if he had written it directly after it happened.
Explanation:
Peoples memories change everytime they remember them, based off of their emotions at the moment and new life experiences. This would change somebodies knowledge of what happened. First hand accounts are always better, because it is fresh in somebody's mind.
The social issue that Kate Chopin primarily depicts in her story "The Story of an Hour" is the inner concerns of ordinary women in the nineteenth century.