Realism

Story of an Hour-
This story is an good example of Realism because it describes how she felt after she found out that her husband was dead. She wasn't sad she Went up stairs and sat in a chair in front of the window she could hear birds chirping and she could see the clouds forming together and she could smell the rain. So in the way that she was describing what was going on outside you could tell that she had no sympathy for her husband dying. DQ- She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. The reason this is considered as being Realism is because Kate is giving you the most specific details on how Louise is feeling like in my direct quote on how she was enjoying what was going on outside and the fact that her husband had just passed didn't even phase her.



The Social Issue-
The Social Issue was that she wanted to solve was that she wanted women to be treated the same way that men were but if not the same then at least equally. That men shouldn't be able to tell women what they can and can't do and besides have children and clean. DQ- There would be no one to live for during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. This is realism because Kate Chopin wanted her readers to see what goes on in an average womans life and she wanted them to make a change after they have read what she wrote.

The Battle with Mr. Covey-
He gives details about how the blood was making his hair mat up and how he had thorns in his feet from running from Mr. Covey and when he fell in the bushes and how he had blood running down his face and how his shirt was dusty from falling in the woods.DQ- The blood was yet oozing from the wound on my head. For a time I thought I should bleed to death, and think now that I should have done so, but the blood so matted my hair as to stop the wound. The reason that this is considered realism is because Fredrick is giving us details on how he is bleeding so much that his hair is matting up. The reson he is giving us many details is because he wants us to realize or maybe even feel how is feeling after Mr. Covey beat him.

The Social Issue-
Fredrick Douglass wants to stop slavery. He figured that he would let Mr. Covey beat him and then go to his master and let him see how Mr. Covey was treating him so that would give him a good reason to go to Mr. Hughes but Mr. Hughes didn't react the way that he thought he would. Mr. Hughes told him that he belonged to Mr. Covey because he had a lot of money on him and that he didn't believe that Mr.Covey would do something like that. DQ- After receiving this blow my head grew bigger and at this moment I resolved to go to my master. The reason that this is realism because Fredrick Douglass wants people who have never witnessed slavery to wittness what he went through and see how much they would like for someone to do the things to them that Mr. Covey has done to him.