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Sommers is the main character in the story where she represents a
Mrs.
character with multiple traits. Throughout the story Kate Chopin
round
portrays a woman caught between different roles. before buying
beautifully
stockings she was the one who knew the value of bargain, she is very
the
and thinks about spending the money on her children but after buying
caring
stockings she becomes self centered wouldn’t mind a difference of a
the
or two in a price as long as she got what she desired. She forgets about
dollar
family needs and spends money for her own.
the
story can be said as an effective representation of realism depiction.
This
story is based on reality and truth and focuses on the lives of ordinary
The
Everything in the story could happen to anyone in the world it show
people.
common activities of normal people. The story gives a careful description
the
everyday life and also focuses on social issues of real life situations. She is a
of
example of how humans are tempted by material gain, “the life of
perfect
and the vicious way society judges things (or people). Mrs. Sommers is
luxury”,
innocent family lady. However, the minute she buys the silk stockings is
this
minute she becomes a different Mrs. Sommers. All of a sudden everything
the
has in not good enough, she looks at her shopping bag as “shabby” and
she
Her parcel is “very small”. At this point, she wants more. She begins to
“old”.
without reason, and loses her sense of responsibility when she puts the
think
on in the ladies room. Mrs. Sommers is “not going through any acute
stockings
process or reasoning with herself”, she is “not thinking at all” at this
mental
Mrs. Sommers’s mind is not working like it used to at the beginning. All
point.
a sudden nothing is too expensive, she eats the expensive restaurant, buys
of
days”.
those
buying the silk stockings, Mrs. Sommers sets out to self-identify. She is
In
human as anyone else, and therefore as prone to desiring finer things. She
as
to think logically, and in so doing, discovers and unleashes her own
ceases
That same identity is the one she put away for marriage, the one she
identity.
away in order to conform to societal standards. This, however, does not
put
that Mrs. Sommers loves her children any less. Instead, she is expressing
mean
desire for freedom .This is one of the many reasons this story, along with
a
Literature
shoes, gloves, and magazines “such as she had become accustomed to read in
many of Chopin’s works, continues to enjoy popularity.
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