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Beyond the Bayou is a short story about this one black woman everyone called La Folle who never leaves this bayou. In the story Chopin explains that in her youth, La Folle was literally frightened out of her senses, and had never really regained them. She used to babysit this one kid she called cheri. Basically, the little boy accidentally shoots himself in the leg when he gets his first rifle. La Folle freaks out and carries him back to his house outside of the bayou; the only way she ever left the bayou was for someone she loved very dearly. It was a vary good story, I wanted it to go on.
In Beyond the Bayou you can tell it’s still Kate Chopin who’s writing. Her description is amazing but not to long, and she still used a lot of metaphors. In both books so far, the main characters are connected to children, and water. In The Awakening Edna used the sea to drown herself in, and finally releasing herself from the bonds of society. In Bayou People water acts as a barrier to La Folle, one which is impassable until the one she loves is in danger.
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