In “The Story of An Hour”, Kate Chopin uses principally imagery. In fact, the text is written with an ironic tone; what is described as the mourning of Mrs. Mallard for her husband is really a celebration of what she believes is the beginning of a new era, an era of freedom. Irony is used here to describe the expectations of the society towards mourning women, and what some women in such events like the death of the husband think. In “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, the emphasis is on the characters; it is easy to notice that the character talking to the girl, and telling her what to do or not to do, and how to behave, is a parental figure. Since this character refers to the girl’s father, we can form the hypothesis that it is the girl’s mother.