Kate Chopin again writes another short story with a way of getting the attention of the reader in a short period of time. "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is based in early to mid 1900's in a average town. Shops, a theater and such lies in the center of town. The author tells of a widowed mother that is not so well off, that discovers a sum of money and is taken away in her own shopping spree and perhaps her own dreams.
Mrs. Sommers is a middle aged timid mother of a handful of children, and is apparently not well to do anymore after her husband's death; Not that she probably ever was, but more so than her luck would have it now. She is small framed with tattered old clothes, as if she hasn't been able to purchase anything in quite awhile, nor would she knowing how much she puts her children's needs in front of her own. She is a very thoughtful and caring mother who always puts the children's needs ahead of her own.
Her children is the only thing that has consumed her mind in......
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