Kincaid’s “Girl” and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”: Comparison

Discuss the themes of Jamaica Kincaid’s flash fiction titled “Girl” and Kate Chopin’s short-short story titled “The Story of an Hour.”

Discuss the themes of Jamaica Kincaid’s flash fiction titled “Girl” and Kate Chopin’s short-short story titled “The Story of an Hour.” To what extent are both stories an indictment of the gross mistreatment of women in a “Patriarchal” (or male-dominated) society?