An Instinct
The story of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is significantly different from "The Storm" by Kate Chopin. One of the reasons for their dissimilarities is that "Everyday Use" was written almost a century after the "The Storm" was published. Another reason for their differences is that Alice Walker is a black female writer, whereas, Kate Chopin is white. Their heritage and the eras that they lived in play a very big role on their writing. It mainly effects their descriptions of characters and their personalities, as well as the events that occur in the stories. There is a major similarity between the two stories. Calixta, the female protagonist of "The Storm" and Mrs. Johnson the main character of "Everyday Use", were both faced with making a crucial decision. They both made their decisions by following their instincts. When Mrs. Johnson's daughter Dee had come back home for a visit, to her mother's surprise, she was completely transformed into a new person, trying to get in touch with the traditions and culture of her people. Dee had changed her name and her appearance and she was suddenly interested in her mother's house and possessions, which she had always been scornful of. Her attention was captured by two old handmad
Ed. Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto, William E. Cain, and Marcia Stubbs. 5th ed. United States: Longman, 2000. 115-21. heet that she had been sewing, in result putting away a symbol of society's restrictions. Alcee and Calixta move to a window to watch the storm, and when the lightning stroked nearby, Calixta staggered backward into Alcee's arms, and for an instant he drew her "close and spasmodically to him"(Chopin 29). They held each other, giving in to the storm of passion that was there in both of them. Calixta's passion had been held back before marriage by society's views on premarital sex and virginity, was now free to be experienced by both Calixta and Alcee. They shed aside the restrictions of society and the limitations of their individual marriages. As the storm passed and Alcee bids her farewell, she seemed excused from her unfaithfulness. It seemed to all be washed away with the storm. Calixta followed her impulse and committed adulatory. But if she hadn't done it she would have never discovered the passion and sexuality within her. e quilts, pieced by Grandma Dee and quilted by Mrs. Johnson and her sister, known as Big Dee. However, these quilts have already been promised to her sister Ma
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