Analysis of “The Storm” In McKnight Malmar’s frightening story “The Storm” she weaves a violent storm and murder together to heighten the horrific fear that engulfs Janet Willsom. The storm is a combination of mother nature, Janet’s emotions and her heartbreaking dilemmas. The story begins with Janet Willsom coming home from a vacation seeing her sister who is very ill. She has come back a week early hoping her husband, Ben, would be …showed first 75 words of 796 total…

…showed last 75 words of 796 total…body in the trunk and ran out the basement door to the outside. He was the face Janet saw in the window. Once she went to the basement to get fire wood and left, he couldn’t open the basement door, so he broke the window, took the dead body and disposed of it. Janet yearns for her husband to protect her from the storm and in the end she takes comfort from the storm.