Analysis Setting and Point of View in Short Story The Storm
By : Eka Oktavianti Maya Asmayanti Sisilia Agustin Analysis
Setting and Point of Viewin Short Story The Storm
INTRODUCTION "The Storm" was written by Kate Chopin on July 19,
1898. The short story was first published inThe Complete Works of
Kate Chopinin 1969. The story is set in the late nineteenth century
at Louisiana. "The Storm," a short story about an extramarital
affair in the South, is very sexually explicit, especially for the
time it was written, in 1898. Because of that, the story wasn't
published during Chopin's lifetime. Shes one of the first women
writers who pioneered writing about womens emancipation.She has
written about the inner as much as the physical afflictions that
women have suffered in her contemporary society. She has addressed
issues related to womens repression and suppression both sexually
and spiritually. POINT OF VIEW FIRST PERSON A story told in
narrating charcters own voice. Story told from the inside of the
story Uses the personal prounoun i Example : I dont have a gown to
wear for the ball!I will find her. The lady whose foot fits this
slipper will be the one I marry!SECOND PERSON Stories told in
second are told as if feeling someone else what they are doing
.Example : You missed the bus again because you just couldn't
convince yourself to get out of bed. The comforter made a cosy nest
around you, and there was the cat, a warm ball of fur curled next
to you. So you had to walk all the way to work.
THIRD PERSONEverything is seen through the narrators eyes, and
the reader can only tell what other characters are thinking or
feeling .( Narrator is free to go wherever they wish, to peer
inside the minds and hearts of characters at will and tell us what
they are thinking or feeling )
4The point of view in The storm Third Person (Omniscient)The
point of view is third person narration because she and he says or
said is used. At the same time it is total omniscience because we
know what Calixta and Alcee think.Evidence : But she felt very warm
and often stopped to mop ......... ( Part II, Paragraph 1, Line 2)
So the storm passed and every one was happy ( Part V, Last
Paragraph, Line 6 ) symbolizing Calixta and Alce were happy to have
the affair. Oh! she remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her
........... ( Part II, Paragraph 18, Line 1)SETTING Types of
setting:Neutral setting: the setting is not important, just a place
where the action takes place.Spiritual setting: the values embodied
in the physical setting; there is no easy relationship between
physical setting and moral values.
Elements of a setting:Geography (topography, scenery, interiors,
etc.)Time ( e.g The historical period,season of the year
)Religious, social, and moral environment
Country sideEvidence: ........The chickens had huddled and there
were plows and a harrow piled up in the corner.... (IDC/ part II ,
Paragraph 2, Line 5 )Friedheimers storeevidence: they were at
Friedheimers store and decided (DC/part 1 paragraph 1, line 4)
...to the counter purchased a can of shrimps ... (IDC/part 1,
paragraph 2, line 1)
At Calixta and Bobinots home Evidence:Calixta, at home , felt no
uneasiness ... (DC/part 2, paragraph 1, line 1) they were in the
dining room the sitting room the general utility room (IDC/part 2,
paragraph 6, line 2)Adjoining was her bed room ... . The door stood
open, and the room with its white, monumental bed ... (DC/part 2,
paragraph 6, line 3-4)GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION : SETTING OF TIME This
evening Evidence:- .Sylvie helpin her this evenin Bobinot responded
(DC/part 1, paragraph 1, line 7)In the morning Evidence: ... and
the sun was turning the glistening green world ... (IDC/part 3,
paragraph 1, line 1)
WEATHER CONDITIONS ThunderstormEvidence: They did not heed the
crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements It shook the wooden
store and seemed to be ripping great furrows in the distant
field... (IDC/part 1, paragraph 2, line 3)
Terrifying evidence:- It shook the wooden store and seemed to be
ripping great furrows in the distant field (IDC/part 1, paragraph
2, line 3)Restless/uneasiness evidence:- ..... felt no uneasiness
for their safety (DC/part 2, paragraph 1, line 1)Romanticevidence:
He looked down into her eyes and there was nothing for him to do
but to gather her lips in a kiss (IDC/part 2, paragraph 11, line
6-7) and she gave him a smacking kiss on the cheek (Part III,
Paragraph 7, line 1 )
SITUATION ATMOSPHERE : THE RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, AND MORAL
ENVIRONMENTThe Religious - The religion is Catholics Alcee and
calixta doing adultery thing in a sacred place (in assumption) and
in lousiana city Evidence : "Do you rememberin Assumption,
Calixta?" he asked in a low voice broken by passion. Oh! she
remembered; for in Assumption he had kissed her and kissed ........
( Part II, Paragraph 18, Line 2 )Moral Environment - Feminity
position of late 19th century Women didnt have as much freedom as
men .Evidence : her firm, elastic flesh that was knowing forthe
first time its birthright...... ( Part II, Paragraph 19, line 61 )
realizing that their health and pleasure were the first ......(
Part IV, Paragraph 1, line 4 )
Social Background
There are some subtle class differences between the four main
charactersIn lousiana , Creoles has higher class than Acadians :
Alce and his wife Clarisse are Creoles, descendants of French
settlers in Louisiana.Their language is a rich combination of
French and English. When he speaks in this story, he does so in
more formal English, even though he understands Calixta's
French.Evidence :"May I come and wait on your gallery till the
storm is..........( Part II, Paragraph 3, line 12) Calixta and her
husband Bobint are Acadians, descendants of French-American exiles
from Acadia, Nova Scotia. Their language is a rich combination of
French and English. Evidence : - "My! Bibi, w'at will yo' mama say!
You ought to be ashame'. You oughta........ ( Part III, Paragraph
3, line 5)- Come 'long in, M'sieur Alce. .... ( Part II, paragraph
4, line 12) Thank you for your attention , Any questions ?
