Dede Putra Andika1305384K4 – 2013

Essay WritingReview

The Story of an HourBy Kate Chopin

The story of an hour was written on April 19, 1894, and first published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, under the title “The Dream of an Hour.” It was reprinted in St. Louis Lifeon January 5, 1895. This beautiful story was written by Kate Chopin.

This story tells us about a wife who had heart problem, her name was Mrs. Malard. Mrs. Mallard got an information from her sister Josephin that her husband’s death. Her husband died in railroad accident. Her husband’s name was in list of the passenger. She was really sad, and then he went to her room. She wanted no one follow her. When she in her room alone, she said, “free, free, free!” she said it over and over. She felt happy because she could free from her husband, she would never meet with her husband. She was very happy know that her husband’s death. Suddenly, her husband back to their home, he stood waiting for them at the bottom. Mrs. Mallard was shocked know that her husband was not dead. Then, doctor arrived and pronounced that Mrs. Malard died by a heart attack brought on by happiness.

This is really beautiful story that has a meaning of freedom that express by a wife who wants to free from her husband. The writer tells the reader about idea of freedom by an accident that happens to Mrs. Malard who got information her husband’s death. It is really interesting for me because the writer has a good way to produce the problem from this story. The writer describes a death that affects happiness for someone that is really close to man who is died. It is a unique story that I’ve heard and I love it.

Although this story has a good theme that shows a freedom for the woman or Mrs. Malard, this story has difficult words that make me hard to understand the words and the meaning of them. It cause the reader face difficulties when they are reading the story of an hour. I think, the writer wants to describe the story well by give some figure of speech that make story more interesting, but it causes a problem for me, for the reader that make me hard to figure the story. If the writer prefers to use words that are easy to understand, I will easy to understand the story of an hour.

I love this story of an hour. This story has a good conflict in there; it makes the reader curious and makes them interested to continue the story until the end of the story. I like the idea of freedom that Mrs. Malard wants. In the other hand, I face difficulties when I read this story. I could not understand some words well. It makes me have to read this story for few times. In general, this story is very good, I like the way the writer figure the story.