"A Story of an Hour"

This story is about a lady(Mrs. Mallard) whose husband is killed in a car accident. Her friends and family are afraid to tell her because she has a heart problem. When they finally tell her she doesn't take it so well. Josephine her sister is trying to make sure that she breaks the news in a way so it doesn't hurt or stresses her sister out. Josephine tells her sister the news, and instead of being sad, Mrs. Mallard is very happy. She's happy that her husband is dead, because that is one less thing she has to focus on. Now all she has to focus on is herself. At the end of the story, she finds out that her husband isn't dead. When she saw him she died instantly. The doctor said it was the joy that killed her. But "we" know she died from disappointed shock.