Story of an hour response

When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: "free, free, free!"

            This is not the first time that I have read this story. I have read it once before for my EN102 class. Now having a chance to reread it, I have a different perspective on what I think the story means. I think the theme of the story is that we are all trapped in some way, shape, or form. In this case bending to the will of her husband traps the main character of the story. I chose this quote because it is a great description of what happens when that entrapment is released. The main character had a sense of abandonment from her self. I think this is a great line because freedom comes with a sense of abandonment. It reminds me of a little kid who is abandon at the zoo. Although the kid is lost and afraid, that kid is still wandering around looking at all of the different animals on his own, and is free.

            And although that kid is free, his parents at the end of the day find him. This correlates to the end of the story when Richard is waiting at the bottom of the stairs. She is no longer free from her husband. She is once again trapped. This makes me think on a bigger scale about freedom. When people say that they are free of something it normally relates to not having to deal with something ever again. That is, of course, until that thing comes back. Does freedom last forever? Or is freedom just an illusion of the mind that allows us to feel at ease.