Overcoming Fear: Laura E. Richards’s Short Story, ‘The Shed Chamber’

Nora, the protagonist in "The Shed Chamber," was given a bedroom upstairs that contains another smaller room with a door, bare except for some old trunks. Alena Popova/Shutterstock

Fear can paralyze us and prevent us from taking action, and courage can overcome its paralyzing force.

In her short story “The Shed Chamber,” Laura E. Richards shows us courage in action and how one young woman overcame her fear. She tells the story of young Nora who leaves home to work for a family in need.