Differences A Like

Differences A like

Authors use different elements for a Short Story compared to a Poem especially focusing on point of view, setting and methods of characterization. These leave a great flexibility for the author to make each completely different. I am going to compare two different works of literature in this paper, Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz." Which are two of my favorite excerpts in our literature book we have read so far.

The point of view is known as the perspective from which a story is told. There are two types of point of view, first-person and third-person. In the short story "Story of an Hour" the author Kate Chopin has the narrator in third person point of view. This sets the story so as that the narrator is looking at Mrs. Louise Mallard and the world around her. It seems as though point of view could change the way a story is interpreted. For example if I rewrote the story and for every word She, replaced it with I, you the reader would take the story very differently. It would be more emotional I believe due to the fact that Mrs. Mallard would be telling her story and showing her own emotion and struggle opposed to the narrator writing what she interpreted. In the same instance for "My Papa's Waltz" the poem is brought to you in First Person point of view, if it was in the third

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person I believe that it would take away the emotional, personal side to the poem. It means more to the reader to read something directly from the subject instead of an outside narrator.

The place, time, and social context in which a story, poem, or play takes place is a definition in which I as well as our literature book thinks is a fair one. The setting is the most unique part of the story. It is a better imagery tool to help you, the reader picture the story therefore making it easier to visualize yourself in the story. In "Story of an Hour" the setting is in Mrs. Mallard's home, and in the room by the window. Two very simple settings yet fits the story perfectly. Al though she never appears outside, as she sits by the window and feels the nature and the wind it makes you think that it is a very serene quiet place and gives the reader a sense that Louise is very calm and at peace. In "My Papa's Waltz" the setting is not really set up, we just know that it is in the family's home. Here is a perfect example in which I think that if Roethke made the setting more apparent it would give it a new vibe and perhaps let you into the characters a little more.

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