The Mockingbird In Chopin's The Awakening

In “The Awakening”, Edna Pontellier is known as Mrs. Pontellier for the first part of the book. The book is based in a time period where women had no say and were just “mother-women”, who are kind of like a nun. There were many different types of women in the victorian era but none of them had a lot of rights or not much of a say.
In the very beginning of the novel you see two birds, a mockingbird and a parrot. In the beginning we don’t know what the mockingbird is but we determine that the parrot is Edna Pontellier. The parrot is known for its physical appearance and is mostly overlooked, just like Edna, forgotten and only known for her physical appearance. We later learn that Mademoiselle Reisz represents the mockingbird. Mademoiselle Reisz is known for her musical talent. The mockingbird sings and is found some what annoying. And that’s all society cares about, Madame’s musical talent. But this wasn’t just the way society treated Madame and Edna, but this was how every woman was treated in the nineteenth century. Women were overlooked and people didn’t care about their opinion.
To me, the biggest part in Edna's’ “transformation” was the swimming part that is coming next. In chapter 10 Edna started to head to the beach with the rest of the crowd. When she gets to the beach everyone gets in the water right away. But Edna was unable
It’s the relationship between Mademoiselle Reisz and Edna. Madame is very talented especially when it comes to playing the piano. Madames talents get over a lot but she doesn’t care. You first meet Reisz in about the middle of the book and from there on Madame and Edna get closer and closer. Edna even tells Reisz her love for Robert before anyone else knew. The main thing that stuck out with Madame is that she is very independant and she doesn’t care about others opinion. To me, Madame Reisz’s independance rubbed off on Edna and that would lead to Edna trying to become more