A Pair of Silk Stockings In the short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin, a young mother comes into possession of fifteen dollars. rs.Sommers at first thinks she should spend the money on her children, but her priorities change after she feels a pair of silk stockings. Mrs.Sommers changes from a self-sacrificing provider for her family to a person out of touch with reality. Mrs.Sommers would give up things …showed first 75 words of 565 total…

…showed last 75 words of 565 total…she was not. In conclusion, Mrs.Sommers totally forgot who she was and what she was supposed to be doing once she touch the pair of silk stockings. In conclusion, by the end of the story Mrs.Sommers had changed her priorities completely. She went from a conservative mother to a free spending “princess.” Whatever happened, Mrs.Sommers was a completely different person at the end of the story than she was at the beginning