"The Storm" "The Storm" by Kate Chopin is a great literary example of the use of setting. Chopin uses setting to not only influence the reader’s senses, but also, to illustrate the actions and feelings of her characters. Chopin uses a great choice of short descriptive words to describe her setting such as: "[W]hile the storm burst. It shook the wooden store and seemed to be ripping great furrows in the distant field" (…showed first 75 words of 503 total…

…showed last 75 words of 503 total…if her and the babies liked it in Biloxi, to stay a month longer. He was getting on nicely; and though he missed them, he was willing to bear separation a while longer-- realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered" (99). Bibliography Work Cited Kate Chopin. "The Storm". Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York. Longman. 1999. Pages 95-99