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The Setting & Significance of the Story "The Storm" by McKnight Malmar

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Please write a critical essay on a topic or element from the story “The Storm”, which is attached in pdf form. There are some topics at the end of this page to choose from. You are free to choose whichever topic you want.
Choose ONE of these 3 Types of Critical Essays: (Please do not write a response paper or a card report.)
• Analysis: Choose any ELEMENT (character, setting, irony, etc.) from the story, state your opinion, and then use evidence from the text to support your opinion.
• Comparison: Compare/contrast two characters, the setting in two stories, the humor, etc. You may compare elements in the same story, or you may choose two stories and compare the same element (such as irony) in each. Order your paper so that the reader can easily follow your comparison.
• Explication: Choose a passage in a story and explain the passage in detail.
Requirements:
• Length: 500-700 words with a Works Cited page at the end. **The Works Cited page should not be included in your word count.
• Type your word count at the end of the paper on a line immediately below the last sentence of the essay.
• Style: MLA Style.
• Sources: Use specific details and short quotes from the story to support your main points. Secondary sources are optional. Explain each piece of evidence that you use in the paper. Be sure to include a Works Cited entry for the story on your Works Cited page.
• Important! -- Follow all guidelines given on the page titled Writing about Literature. (this is attached)
Steps for Writing a Critical Essay:
• First, read your story again thoroughly so that you can be specific and accurate in your essay. Find evidence in the story to support your opinion.
• Next, write your essay and capture all of your thoughts on the topic. Use details and accurate quotes from your story to support your ideas. Explain the significance of each piece of evidence. Do not retell the story.
• Be sure to document any ideas or quotes from the story used in your essay.
Topics:
 How does Malmar use light and darkness in “The Storm”?
 Look up the meaning and characteristics of denial. Is denial a recurring element in McKnight Malmar’s “The Storm”?
 Discuss codependency as a theme Malmar’s “The Storm.” (This topic involves research)
 Ben and Janet Willsom: Is this a marriage of convenience?
 How important is the setting? What is the significance of the storm to the story?
 How and why does Janet’s view of the storm change in the story? (Consider both the beginning and the end of the story.)
 Explain the ending: Why does Ben’s voice change? Why does Janet run out into the storm?
 Describe Janet’s relationship with her husband Ben. Is it the romance of a newly married couple?
 What is the significance of the letters? Why do you think they bother Ben so much?
 What effect does the writer achieve by using Janet’s point of view instead of Ben's?

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The Storm
How important is the setting? What is the significance of the storm to the story?
McKnight Malmar's story of the "The Storm" outlines the story of a storm and murder, as experienced by the main character Janet. Janet goes to visit her sister but comes home earlier to surprise her husband. Instead, she comes home to a dead body in the house and a storm. This paper will outline the importance of the story's setting, the storm's significance, and how they contribute to Janet's discovery about her husband being a murderer.
The story's setting is important because it prepares the reader for the disappointment that Janet is about to face. At the beginning of the story, Janet presents her husband as a calm and loving person who would be delighted to see her. The narrator says, "then she would make coffee and find a piece of cake, and they would sit together by the fire and talk" (Malmar 1). This shows the high expectations that Janet has about her husband. At this point, the reader would expect the story of a couple that is deeply in love. Given Janet's thoughts, one might not give them much attention due to the setting of the storm building outside. This setting prevents the reader from getting g attached to the characters, thus facilitating the emotions evoked at the end of the story. The killer of the woman Janet finds in her truck makes the reader understand the meaning of the setting.
The storm is a symbol of the misfortune that Janet is about to face. A...
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