Kate Chopin's "The Storm" focuses on two types of storms; one of these is a fierce violent occurrence of the natural world. The second storm considered a storm of life, with its play on emotion, mind and heart. It describes or for lack of a better word, explains the inner feelings of instant lust for a former boyfriend, perhaps feelings that were never put to rest in the recesses of her young mind, when she married her husband, Bobinot. She has been quite content to live her life in Southern Louisiana near the town of Biloxi with her family.

She probably didn't even think too much about what was about to take place that fateful afternoon when Alcee Laballiere came riding back into her life, after an absence of several years. She just as likely doesn't realize the extent of what emotions will come into play as these...