In the two, classic short stories, Irwin Shaw's "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses," and Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," the relationship between character and plot is very strong. In this context, this essay will argue that plot flows out of character in the sense that the depiction of a particular characters' desires, struggles and, conflicts determines not just the plot or what happens in the stories, but also the theme or central meaning of the stories.
