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Caline
Kate Chopin, the writer of the short story, Caline expressed the human feeling of love at first sight. Chopin carefully describes the character Caline as young Acadian girl in Louisiana. The setting opens on a farm and Caline is sleeping on a pile of hay on a sunny day. She is dressed in very plain clothes best for working on a farm. The character is awakened by the loud sound of a passenger train that stopped near the front of her log cabin. She wanted to know what was going on and walked near the train, but did not go close to it. For the first time, Caline saw passengers walking from the train. The ladies were dressed in pretty clothes and high healed boot shoes. They seem happy as they walked and laughed with their male companions. While standing under the mulberry tree Caline saw a young man looking at her as he pulled out a sketch pad and began to draw a picture of her. At that moment she felt something never felt before. As the train got ready to leave Caline wanted to go too. . Perhaps Caline never took a train ride before or never visited a big city. She talked to the old flagman who traveled many places. He told here of the excitement in the big city and that she should go too.
The conclusion of the story was when Caline made the trip to the big city. The first week living with the flagman’s sister was full of excitement. The next week was ok, but the on the third week she sadly realized it was not the desire of living in the city, but the idea of wanting to see the young man again. Chopin wrote a good short story of what happens when a person see someone for the very first time and want to hold on to that good feeling. However, disappointment comes when they realize they may never see that person again. Perhaps the feeling of happiness was only for that special time.