Dialectical Journal For Pride And Prejudice Chapter 1 Essay
Chapter 1
1. The parrot says “Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” (Chopin 5). It means “Get out! Get out! Damn it!” The words foreshadow something tragic to occur in the end of the novel. The parrot is also caged and also speaks a language in which only the mockingbird can understand. The parrot symbolizes Edna Pontillier who seems to only be understood by some but not all and seems to be beside herself because her husband doesn’t seem to notice her.
2. Leonce Pontellier is Edna’s husband. He is wealthy and enjoys a drink in the local hub. He seems to show his love through material gifts given to his wife. He gets frustration or angry with his wife about how she raises the children. He gets very annoyed with the parrot’s incessant talking and whistling to the singing mocking bird and moves away from them so he is able to read his newspaper. He speaks to his wife in a harsh tone and where he seems to believe that …show more content…
Edna is realizing her position as a human being and recognizes her relations with others in the world. She is having an individual self-discovery or sexual desire and her intellectual pursuits.
4. The ocean’s effect on Edna is that it bewildered her. When she was thinking of the ocean or with the ocean, it made her want to pursue her dreams and think about what is going on in her life.
Chapter 7
1. The “outward life which conforms, and the inward life which questions” is the dual life that people may feel. Where on the outside you conform to society and on the inside, you’re dying to break free and be who you truly are. Edna has this problem but Adele does not.
2. I do feel as if you must live this way. My inward life wishes that I could wear the same clothes almost every day which is a t-shirt and leggings, but we can, but can’t unless you want to get judged or be different in a “bad way”.
3. Edna blames her change on the Grand Isle that has “both supple and apparent
1. The parrot says “Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” (Chopin 5). It means “Get out! Get out! Damn it!” The words foreshadow something tragic to occur in the end of the novel. The parrot is also caged and also speaks a language in which only the mockingbird can understand. The parrot symbolizes Edna Pontillier who seems to only be understood by some but not all and seems to be beside herself because her husband doesn’t seem to notice her.
2. Leonce Pontellier is Edna’s husband. He is wealthy and enjoys a drink in the local hub. He seems to show his love through material gifts given to his wife. He gets frustration or angry with his wife about how she raises the children. He gets very annoyed with the parrot’s incessant talking and whistling to the singing mocking bird and moves away from them so he is able to read his newspaper. He speaks to his wife in a harsh tone and where he seems to believe that …show more content…
Edna is realizing her position as a human being and recognizes her relations with others in the world. She is having an individual self-discovery or sexual desire and her intellectual pursuits.
4. The ocean’s effect on Edna is that it bewildered her. When she was thinking of the ocean or with the ocean, it made her want to pursue her dreams and think about what is going on in her life.
Chapter 7
1. The “outward life which conforms, and the inward life which questions” is the dual life that people may feel. Where on the outside you conform to society and on the inside, you’re dying to break free and be who you truly are. Edna has this problem but Adele does not.
2. I do feel as if you must live this way. My inward life wishes that I could wear the same clothes almost every day which is a t-shirt and leggings, but we can, but can’t unless you want to get judged or be different in a “bad way”.
3. Edna blames her change on the Grand Isle that has “both supple and apparent