The Storm- Insecure Relationship

Obviously the relationship between Calixta and Bobinot was not totally stable. The reader is bound to figure this out when Alcee was invited into the family's house by Calixta without her even thinking about Bobinot's thoughts on the situation. She let him in because they used to be lovers in the past, and she obviously knew that her husband was not coming home soon because of the storm. Calixta obviously had her husband of the current time on her mind when she quoted- "I got enough to do! An' there's Bobinot with Bibi out in that storm- if he only didn't left Friedheimer's!" That quote is saying that she hopes that her husband does not leave the store and think about coming home because she has other plans to do during the storm that does not involve her husband that obviously does not fulfill her needs. The reader knows that Calixta and her old lover still have feelings for each other as the sleep with each other during the storm and re ignite old feelings they had. This is showing that Calixta just wants to have that feeling of love again, so maybe Bobinot is not showing enough love; as in the beginning of the story they say that he is a simple minded man. Now after the storm is gone and Bobinot and Bibi come back home the weird part is, is that Calixta acts extremely happy, like because of the night spent with her old lover changed her into a different person. She plays it off as nothing happened, knowing that her family will have no idea. The ending of the story bothered me very much because the reader knows that the simple minded husband that went out of his way to get his wife shrimp because he knows she loves it, will never know that his wife has had an affair and she will never tell.