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Comparing The Interlopers And The Story Of An Hour

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“The Interlopers” and “The Story of an Hour” are very different short story’s. However, the wolves from “The Interlopers” and Louise Mallard from “ The Story of an Hour” want someone dead/killed. Louise Mallard just heard a terrible accident that happened with her husband. Her husband was killed in a train accident. She is very happy, when she hears the news because she is now free of him. In my eyes it seems like she planed the accident so she could be free from his abuse and anger towards her. The wolves are trying to eat the two men who wont stop arguing. They both want each other killed. If I were the wolves I would have already eaten my meals for a week. However, they all want someone killed in the end. As you can see I compared two

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