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   The Storm | Quotes. Share. 1. Bibi laid his little hand on his father's knee and was not afraid. Narrator. Early in the story, Chopin shows the closeness between Bibi and his father, Bobinôt. At first, they seem to be part of a solid family, but the end of the story dispels this illusion.

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   • “Mama’ll be ’fraid, yes,” he suggested with blinking eyes. “She’ll shut the house. Maybe she got Sylvie helpin’ her this evenin’,” Bobinôt responded reassuringly.
   • Calixta, at home, felt no uneasiness for their safety. She sat at a side window sewing furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching storm.
   • Bibi was the picture of pathetic resignation. Bobinôt was the embodiment of serious solicitude as he strove to remove from his own person and his son’s the signs of their tramp over heavy roads and through wet fields.
   • Alcée Laballiere wrote to his wife, Clarisse, that night. It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude. He told her not to hurry back, but if she and the babies liked it at Biloxi, to stay a month longer.

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   The Storm study guide contains a biography of Kate Chopin, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.

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   Sep 6, 2023 · A bolt struck a tall chinaberry tree at the edge of the field. It filled all visible space with a blinding glare and the crash seemed to invade the very boards they stood upon. Calixta put her ...

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   The Storm. Full Book Analysis. In Kate Chopin’s 1898 story “The Storm,” a woman and a man—both married to other people—navigate their passionate sexual attraction to each other, raising questions about the nature of human intimacy that, at the time Chopin wrote the story, were scandalous and disturbing.

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   Façades as Social “Glue”. Chopin’s characters develop and maintain façades that act as social “glue,” holding together social units necessary for a family or community to function. “The Storm” focuses on the lovers’ tryst, which unlocks deep sexual desires that Alcée has set aside and that Calixta has denied herself.

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    What is a theme in Chopin's 'the storm'?

    • Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. “The Storm” explores restrictions that social expectations enforce in characters’ lives. The designated roles of men and women were clear and rigid in the culture in which Chopin’s stories occur. Men provided for and guided their families.

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    How does Chopin's 'the storm' relate to social expectations?

    • “The Storm” explores restrictions that social expectations enforce in characters’ lives. The designated roles of men and women were clear and rigid in the culture in which Chopin’s stories occur. Men provided for and guided their families. Women kept the home, bore children, and rarely lived independently.

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    Did Chopin write a negative story about Calixta?

    • Not one detail of this passionate afternoon, described in some of the most explicit language Chopin wrote in any story, is in any way negative. In the story’s brief falling action, Calixta’s husband, Bobinôt, and her son, Bibi, who had waited out the storm in the general store, return home expecting to find a flustered, fearful housewife.

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    What happens in 'the storm' based on a true story?

    • “The Storm” details two parallel events: a tremendous thunderstorm and a passionate sexual encounter between Alcée and Calixta. The thunderstorm is so intense that all characters must take shelter. This leaves Calixta alone at her home with her former lover Alcée, who is traveling nearby when the storm breaks.

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    Sex, Gender, and Liberation. Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” tells of a brief, passionate encounter between Calixta and Alcée, two former lovers who reunite as a thunderstorm rages outside Calixta’s home. Alcée stops at Calixta’s house seeking shelter from the rain, which has also momentarily prevented Calixta’s husband, Bobinôt, and ...