t the primal charged, and intimate encounter of naked sensation with the astonishing world." (Robinson 20)Kate Chopin's Short StoriesKate Chopin has wrote many short stories. Most of these stories are about women overcoming obstacles. The main characters are usually women. She wrote a short story called "A Pair of Silk Stockings". This story was about a woman who has found a suprise cache of money, and plans to buy clothes and necessities for her family. Instead she goes and buys a pair of silk stockings. Kate Chopin often writes about a womans responsibilities to her family, her community, and herself and the need to be independent. (Robinson 19)Kate Chopin also wrote another story called "The Storm". This story was about infidelity during a thunderstorm. This piece of work was condemned because of it's sexual openness. She was just writing what really went on in life, but no one wanted to admit it. She was writing what she felt, and she wanted to give a woman's voice to realism. The Critics and CritismAfter she published her novel The Awakening, many people banned it and refused to read it. It was dismissed as "gilded dirt". (234) The were shocked and appalled by what Kate Chopin had written. They didn't think that a woman should be talking and writing about such things. (Wilson 184)She was also given bad reviews for some of her other short stories. The critics would have liked her if she wasn't so open about these kind of topics. Her short story "The Storm" was given some of the same reviews as her famous novel The Awakening. "The Storm", however, didn't cause quite such a stir like The Awakening. Through all of the criticism, she gained a lot of fame. The reviews also helped to sell more copies of The Awakening.ConclusionKate Chopin attempted to give a woman's voice to realism. She also sacrificed her career while doing this. She was harshly criticized by the critics and readers, both male and female. Her nove...
