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You chose the following answer to Question 2:
| Choice a) In "A Story of an Hour," Kate
Chopin is arguing that women are happier if they are unmarried.
She relates the emotions that a married woman feels when she believes
her husband has died. |
While this introduction includes a statement of the thesis, as it
should, it is not a very interesting introduction, nor does it draw the
reader into the essay. It includes a one-sentence summary of the
story, but that information is not specific enough to provide a reader
more guidance on what to expect in the essay nor a connection between
the thesis and the story itself. It is not a good introduction.
Of the remaining choices, which
is the best thesis statement?
Choice b)
"They said she had died of heart
disease --of the joy that kills."
Mrs. Mallard, the main character in Kate Chopin's work, "The
Story of an Hour," dies at the end of the story when she learns
that the husband she had believed dead, returns alive and well.
Through the story Chopin communicates that even if women are happily
married, the "joy" of marriage destroys a significant
part of them.
Choice c) "The Story of an Hour" is
a brilliant work by one of America's early feminist writers, Kate
Chopin. While alive, she did not achieve fame or fortune through
her writing. In more recent years her works have received more
favorable treatment by critics.
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