Silk Stockings
In the short story "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin, a young mothercomes into possession of fifteen dollars. rs.Sommers at first thinks she should spend the money on her children, but her priorities change after she feels a pair of silk stockings. Mrs.Sommers changes from a self-sacrificing provider for her family to a person out of Mrs.Sommers would give up things that she wanted in order to provide the best for her children, she lost sleep and forgot lunch when she was preparing for the big shopping day. For example, the night before Mrs.Sommers went shopping she stayed up all night planning how to spend the money, "But it was during the still hours of the night when she lay awake revolving plans in her mind that
worried about what to buy that she completely forgot about lunch, "between getting the end of her shopping trip Mrs.Sommers was spending money as if it did not matter. This children fed and the place righted, and preparing herself for the shopping bout, she had Although Mrs.Sommers was an excellent mother she lost touch with reality once was an excellent mother, but soon all that would change. also shows that with all her purchases Mrs.Sommers was beginning to feel as if she was
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Approximate Word count = 530
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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