The story I chose to write about is “Story of an Hour”. While reading this story, what really surprised me initially, is the fact that the woman showed emotions of happiness when she learned that her husband had died. Now, as a woman, I would personally feel devastated in this situation, so this was definitely a shocker. Considering the fact that she also had health issues, wouldn’t she want her life partner there with her? At first, I thought that maybe this was a coping mechanism because as humans, we all cope differently in all types of situations. But, as I continued reading, I realized that instead of a coping mechanism, this is really how she feels because at the end, when she learns that her husband is actually alive, she died from a heart attack. Basically, she died from shock. Again, as a female, you would assume that one would be happy but instead, she died. It was overall a shocker of a story.
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Hi fatima I admire this comment very much because we have the same concept and grasp but also have very different ideologies on this. I was indeed shocked when she felt liberation instead of devastation of her husband’s death. However that part actually intrigued me because is this how women felt about their partners way back when in 1894? Were they too fed up with male controlling majority of marriage because that’s how it was back then? The part that really got me tho was when the husband was actually alive and had no idea there was even an accident.
Fatima, you have explained what surprised you, but what intrigued and puzzled you?