“Consider Kate Chopin’s story ‘The Kiss’ as a character contest. What is at stake? Who wins or loses?”

1. Essay Prompt:
“Consider Kate Chopin’s story ‘The Kiss’ as a character contest. What is at stake? Who wins or loses?”

2. I attached PDF file of “The Kiss”(Kate Chopin) and “Character Contests”(Erving Goffman). Please read all of them carefully and answer the prompt in the essay clearly.

3. These stories above are from the book called, “Text Book”(Writing through Literature/3rd Edition). Authors: Robert Scholes, Nancy R. Comley, Gregory L. Ulmer.

4. This book, “Text Book” should be the source.

Thank you.