Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and Carver's "Popular Mechanics" both use setting to develop their theme. The marital relationship breaks down if the couples do not truly love each other. The two stories have similar contexts, as both take place in the social environment of a relationship, but some contents of the context of each story have differences. The theme of each story is conveyed by the context, such as social environments and time, of the story. In “The Story of an Hour,” Chopin, the author, uses the 1900s to convey the theme of the story. In "Popular Mechanics", Carver, the author, uses two different contexts to develop the theme. In summary, the settings of "The Story of an Hour" and "Popular Mechanics" help convey the theme. The setting of "The Story of an Hour" and "Popular Mechanics" both deal with the social environment of a couple's relationship. For example, "Story of an Hour" tells the story of a wife named Mrs. Millard, suffering from heart disease, who finds out that her husband died in a railroad accident from her sister Josephine. But Ms. Millard reacts in a different and very confusing way. "When she let go, a little whispered word escaped from her slightly parted lips. She repeated it in a low voice: "free, free, free!" (Chopin 15). Instead of feeling sorrow for death from her husband, she jumps into a state of joy because freedom is part of her life Similarly, in "Popular Mechanics", the couple struggles in a relationship "He was in the bedroom pushing clothes in a. suitcase when she arrived at the door. I'm glad you're leaving! I'm glad you're leaving! » she said. Do you hear?" (Carver 264). Although it is never known if the couple was married, the social environment in the relationship between the two individuals was conflicted which ends in the collapse of the relationship as the relationship of Mrs. Millard with her husband In short, the settings of "The Story of an Hour" and "Popular Mechanics" demonstrate the similar breakdown of each couple's relationship Even though "Story of an Hour" and "Popular Mechanics" have. similar settings in the stories, there are differences in the setting of each story For example, in "The Story of an Hour", the setting takes place somewhere in the 1900s during the day "There Was. patches of blue sky that appeared here and there through the clouds that had met and piled up. one above the other to the west facing his window" (Chopin 15).