Similarities Between The Awakening And The Great Gatsby

The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald were both published in the Late Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Centuries. During this time society dealt with the ideologies of equal rights for women, marriage, religion, morality, individualism, and the dire consequences individuals face when conflicting societal norms. Such penalties consist of death and loss of faith. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is constantly conflicting with society over a woman’s role, which ultimately results in her suicide. One of the main struggles of a woman’s role she faces is over motherhood. Edna loves her children, however, she wants to find her identity and she feels her children hold her back. Even her children do not view her as nurturing,