In the short stories, Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and Samuel by Grace Paley, there were several similarities such as each story was written the way the author viewed their society during the time period in which they lived and each story had a tragic ending There were also several obvious differences such as the themes and the morals of each story. The first similarity was the way the authors wrote the story …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 593 total…wrong. If you see certain individuals misbehaving, have the guts to correct that person or persons. Kate Chopin’s Story of an Hour and Grace Paley’s Samuel were similar in the way both authors portrayed there time period of society in their stories and how both stories ended in a tragedy. The also differed in themes and morals. These stories were cleverly written to expand the reader’s imagination and teach several life lessons.