The story of an hour by Kate Chopin and Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish Free Essay Example, 1250 words

Comparison Of Two Stories There are two stories which we’ll be taking into consideration. To begin with, let’s discuss the authors of both the stories. The first one is a short story â€Å"The story of an hour’’ by Kate Chopin. This story is popular mainly because of its surprise ending which shocked the readers. In this story the writer explores a theme for which she is famous for. The other story that we will be discussing is â€Å"Death by Scrabble† by Charlie Fish. By its title name we can guess that the story is related to the popular game ‘Scrabble’, the author himself is an avid Scrabble player and wrote this story thinking â€Å"What would happen if a game of Scrabble had the highest possible stakes? Life and death? I wanted to write a story that felt like a Twilight Zone episode† The first story â€Å"The Story of an Hour† starts with Josephine, sister of Louise Mallard who is a heart patient, telling Mrs Mallard about the shocking news of her husband’s death in a railroad accident. On hearing this shocking news, Louise runs to her room, locks it, and sits there looking out at an open window. We will write a custom essay sample on The story of an hour by Kate Chopin and Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish or any topic specifically for you Only $17.96 $11.86/pageorder now She is going through a mix of emotions at this point of time and suddenly starts realizing and feeling that she would now lead an independent life, a life in which she is free to do whatever she wants, even though her husband never oppressed her from doing so yet she feels that somehow unknowingly one does get oppressed out of kindness and so she wants to live a free and an independent life. She feels ecstatic with her newfound independence though she loved her husband too, but tells herself that none of that matters anymore. She then opens the door and goes down again with Josephine when suddenly sees her husband Mr Brently coming from the front door, he was alive and neither had he been in any accident nor was he aware of it. Josephine screams seeing him and doctors come and pronounce Louis dead of a heart attack which was brought on by happiness. In such an unbelieving way, the author twisted the whole story giving the readers a very shocking end . While â€Å"Death by scrabble† begins with a man who is hating his wife on a really boiling hot afternoon. This man hates his wife more than anything, but still he hasn’t spoken to anyone else but her since three days. The couple starts their game with the word ‘begin’ on the board. During the whole game the man wants letters like ‘murder’ or anything which would show his hatred towards his wife. The story gets interesting when the man starts noticing that the words on the board are actually choosing their future because apparently the whole game is ‘jinxed’ as it was one of their words on the board.