The Storm by Kate Chopin

The Story "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is about two old lovers Calixta and Alcee who kind of lost touch since claixta's marriage "She had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone."(650) The day the story took place is the day they did bump into each other again and got caught up in a storm. The storm in the story represents the lust between the two. As the storm grows in …

…off Bibi's legs and feet..." The mud on the boy is a sign that he was in a storm, or a sign the boy was told of his mother's feelings. At the end of the story the author Kate Chopin writes "So the storm passed and everyone was happy" meaning Calixta and Alcee's feelings were over and now everything could go back to normal and they were all happy it was over. The clouds a