“Edna’s awakening progresses simultaneously with Adéle’s pregnancy; thus the structure of the novel is related to the basic, natural rhythm of the human gestation cycle” (Skaggs 89). In the beginning, Edna was similar to a child. Her mentality wasn’t as developed due to her not experiencing a lot. When she met Robert, it was as if she was a teenager falling in love for the first time. She didn’t know that it could feel like this. She had gotten married so fast that she wasn’t quite sure how love worked or felt. Edna fell in love with Robert and with this came the swell of the sea. At first, things look up as if she can be with Robert if she just fixes her life and leaves her husband for him. Although, she soon finds out that he has left for Mexico and when he comes back he leaves her again. Edna has relearned what it is like to love and then experiences the heartbreak that goes with it. She is going through the motions that she was denied by being married to
“Edna’s awakening progresses simultaneously with Adéle’s pregnancy; thus the structure of the novel is related to the basic, natural rhythm of the human gestation cycle” (Skaggs 89). In the beginning, Edna was similar to a child. Her mentality wasn’t as developed due to her not experiencing a lot. When she met Robert, it was as if she was a teenager falling in love for the first time. She didn’t know that it could feel like this. She had gotten married so fast that she wasn’t quite sure how love worked or felt. Edna fell in love with Robert and with this came the swell of the sea. At first, things look up as if she can be with Robert if she just fixes her life and leaves her husband for him. Although, she soon finds out that he has left for Mexico and when he comes back he leaves her again. Edna has relearned what it is like to love and then experiences the heartbreak that goes with it. She is going through the motions that she was denied by being married to