Both stories deal with moral issues concerning sex. Most readers would agree that it is morally wrong for a married man or woman to have sex outside the marriage. Most readers would also agree that it is morally wrong to accept money for sex although Celeste did not take cash for sex she just exchanged it for bus fair on several occasions. The reader can tell that both stories are in an earlier time period by the names of the characters. The means of transportation is another clue that sets the stories in approximately same time period, give or take ten or fifteen years. The transportation in both stories was by horse.

The imagery in both stories is another similarity. When reading "The Storm" or "Confessing" the reader can visualize the setting. In Kate Chopin's, "The Storm" the reader can see and feel the storm coming. In Guy Maupassants, "Confessing," the reader can visualize the mother and daughter milking the cows. The beast rises slowly, first on its forelegs, and then with more difficulty raises it's large hindqua

In the story, "Confessing," the lack of passion and the dialog that is often spoken jokingly about sex foreshadows sexual encounter that eventually takes place allowing the reader to pass judgment easily. The reader can tell how the mother values her daughter by the way she treats her daughter after the confession. "Your're going to have a baby! A baby! Where did you get it, you slut?"

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