The_Storm

The Storm “The Storm” In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Storm”, we are introduced to two families: Calixta, Bobinot and Bibi; Alcee and Clarisse, and are asked to take a look at a moment in their lives during a severe storm. What parallels the storm as it builds to a climax and then recedes is an intimate passion between two past loves, Calixta and Alcee, but what does this moment of intimacy really mean to them and their families' We must first take a look at each family and get an understanding of how they relate to each as a family member. The father son relationship between Bobinot and Bibi appears to be one of a strong mutual trust and love for each other. As we are learning that there is a storm “rolling with sinister intention from the west” (32), we see how with great concern their safety is for one another. Bibi places “his little hand on his father’s knee” (32) as to console him and protect him from the building storm. We also know that at home Calixta, who is busy with her homemaking “sewing furiously” (32), takes a moment to think about Bobinot and Bibi and has “no uneasiness storm, alcee, calixta, families, 35, love, clarisse, time, passion, moment, first, each, bibi, between, 32, together, take, one, look, bobinot, wife, two, truly, thunder, themselves, strong, story, safety, relationship, letter, know, intimate, husband, friends, find, family