What Is The Title Of The Awakening By Kate Chopin
The Awakening is a very well written, interesting book. If you’re into drama and plot twists then this is definitely your book. The author of this book is Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin, aka Katherine Chopin, who was born on February 8th, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. She began to write after her husband passed away. She completed this novel on January 11th, 1898 and published it in 1899. The title is special because it refers to all of the ways in which Edna is awaken to reality. Not only is she awakening to her inner-self, but she is also awakening to her sexualness. Throughout this story there are plenty of events that awaken Edna. After reading this book, you’ll understand why Edna does what she does to make herself happy.
The Awakening is about a mother who is not so happy with her life and marriage. She even abandons her family to attempt to find happiness. The first part of the story is located at an island off the coast of Louisiana named Grand Isle. During the summer time, Grand Isle is usually taken over by New Orlean families who go there to escape from the heat. During the summer, Edna Pontellier and her family went to Grand Isle for a vacation. Edna was not very fond of her marriage and often felt like she was trapped …show more content…
and unhappy. While on vacation at Grand Isle, Edna meets a man by the name of Robert Lebrun. Robert Lebrun’s mother rents out the cottages on that island. Edna and Robert begin to come close and hang out more and more everyday. Edna enjoyed Robert’s company a lot, especially since her husband is always busy with work. As Edna’s husband is gone, she begins to find her inner self. She began to feel more unique and free. She then starts to think that maybe the married and family life isn’t for her. Edna feels like the ocean is a big part of her self-discovery. She even learns how to swim. Eventually she begins to tell her husband how she is really feeling. Edna and Robert then begin to spend a lot of time by the ocean. One day they even decided to take a visit to another island and Edna falls asleep for hours there. Robert soon realizes that him and Edna are becoming too close so he leaves to Vera Cruz for business reasons. Edna becomes upset and depressed when she noticed that Robert was gone. That summer she gained two new friends, Madame Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz. The Pontelliers soon return to their city where Leonce continues to focus on making money. Edna returns to her usual motherly and wifely routines. Soon she fades away from helping her husband and begins to paint. Leonce then became worried about his marriage and decided to see an old friend, who is also a marriage counselor. The counselor tells Leonce to give his wife some space so that is what he does. Edna then begins to do whatever makes her happy. She soon discovers that Robert had been writing to Mademoiselle Reisz about her. She then began to visit her frequently to read the letters and listen to her play the piano. Edna and her father were not close but he did go and visit her. They left on bad terms after Enda decided to not go to her sister’s wedding. Once Edna’s dad left, so did her husband and kids. Enda now enjoys her new freedom. She eats peaceful dinners, visits friends, and even grows close to a man named Alcee Arobin. One day while visiting her friend, Mademoiselle, Edna decides that she no longer wants to live in the Pontellier household because she does not want her husband to have any kind of control over her. She decides to move to a house around the corner. Later on that day she discovers that Robert is returning to New Orleans and admits that she is in love with him. Even more later on that day, Edna sleeps with Alcee for the first time with no shame. A few days later she throws a party to celebrate her birthday and new house. Everyone has a good time. She continues her affair with Alcee but does not feel a real attachment to him. Madame Ratignolle reminds Enda that she needs to think about her kids in everything she does. Edna was not so fond of Ratignolle's words but is happy that she will be rejoining Robert. She then finds out that Robert is gone forever. This novel ends by Edna returning to Grand Isle. She has already thought about the actions she is going to pursue there. Without thinking, Edna begins to swim into the ocean until she became exhausted. She then begins to think about memories before her eyes closed and she slowly drowned.
When it comes to Edna’s decisions, the importance of her inner-conscious is needed.
One theme in The Awakening is the consequence when you try to keep everyone else happy before yourself. Edna is faced with this consequence after she meets a man named Robert and figures out that she is happy with him and unhappy with her husband. Edna was trying to keep her family happy instead of herself. Another theme is the awakening of Edna. Although Edna did discover she was unhappy with her current relationship, she also awoken to other hobbies that made her happy. She is great at painting and loves listening to her friend play the piano. She soon discovered that she was trying to be what everyone else wanted her to instead of doing what was best for
her. Kate Chopin is a writer from the 18th century who wrote about feelings. She wrote life as she saw it. From the very first paragraph of The Awakening you can tell that Kate Chopin uses her words to show her authoristic style. Her sentences are almost always exactly what she means. Her word choice is always exact. Chopin can either be very specific by typing paragraphs to explain one subject, or write one sentence to summon up everything.
Frances Porcher, a literary critic from The Mirror, says The Awakening: “ It absorbs and interests, then makes one wonder, for the moment, with a little sick feeling, if all women are like the one, and that isn't a pleasant reflection after you have thoroughly taken in this character study whose "awakening" gives title to Mrs. Chopin's novel.” Porcher then goes on about the world wondering if all women are like Edna. He like her book and how it it set up. He gives her her props.
Although The Awakening was written over half a century ago, it is still a popular, interesting book to read. It teaches someone to get to know their significant other. Notice when she is unhappy and try to fix it. If you ignore that cause for too long, she might just slip away like Edna did. Let us hope that Leonce’s fate does not fall upon any of us.
The Awakening is about a mother who is not so happy with her life and marriage. She even abandons her family to attempt to find happiness. The first part of the story is located at an island off the coast of Louisiana named Grand Isle. During the summer time, Grand Isle is usually taken over by New Orlean families who go there to escape from the heat. During the summer, Edna Pontellier and her family went to Grand Isle for a vacation. Edna was not very fond of her marriage and often felt like she was trapped …show more content…
and unhappy. While on vacation at Grand Isle, Edna meets a man by the name of Robert Lebrun. Robert Lebrun’s mother rents out the cottages on that island. Edna and Robert begin to come close and hang out more and more everyday. Edna enjoyed Robert’s company a lot, especially since her husband is always busy with work. As Edna’s husband is gone, she begins to find her inner self. She began to feel more unique and free. She then starts to think that maybe the married and family life isn’t for her. Edna feels like the ocean is a big part of her self-discovery. She even learns how to swim. Eventually she begins to tell her husband how she is really feeling. Edna and Robert then begin to spend a lot of time by the ocean. One day they even decided to take a visit to another island and Edna falls asleep for hours there. Robert soon realizes that him and Edna are becoming too close so he leaves to Vera Cruz for business reasons. Edna becomes upset and depressed when she noticed that Robert was gone. That summer she gained two new friends, Madame Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz. The Pontelliers soon return to their city where Leonce continues to focus on making money. Edna returns to her usual motherly and wifely routines. Soon she fades away from helping her husband and begins to paint. Leonce then became worried about his marriage and decided to see an old friend, who is also a marriage counselor. The counselor tells Leonce to give his wife some space so that is what he does. Edna then begins to do whatever makes her happy. She soon discovers that Robert had been writing to Mademoiselle Reisz about her. She then began to visit her frequently to read the letters and listen to her play the piano. Edna and her father were not close but he did go and visit her. They left on bad terms after Enda decided to not go to her sister’s wedding. Once Edna’s dad left, so did her husband and kids. Enda now enjoys her new freedom. She eats peaceful dinners, visits friends, and even grows close to a man named Alcee Arobin. One day while visiting her friend, Mademoiselle, Edna decides that she no longer wants to live in the Pontellier household because she does not want her husband to have any kind of control over her. She decides to move to a house around the corner. Later on that day she discovers that Robert is returning to New Orleans and admits that she is in love with him. Even more later on that day, Edna sleeps with Alcee for the first time with no shame. A few days later she throws a party to celebrate her birthday and new house. Everyone has a good time. She continues her affair with Alcee but does not feel a real attachment to him. Madame Ratignolle reminds Enda that she needs to think about her kids in everything she does. Edna was not so fond of Ratignolle's words but is happy that she will be rejoining Robert. She then finds out that Robert is gone forever. This novel ends by Edna returning to Grand Isle. She has already thought about the actions she is going to pursue there. Without thinking, Edna begins to swim into the ocean until she became exhausted. She then begins to think about memories before her eyes closed and she slowly drowned.
When it comes to Edna’s decisions, the importance of her inner-conscious is needed.
One theme in The Awakening is the consequence when you try to keep everyone else happy before yourself. Edna is faced with this consequence after she meets a man named Robert and figures out that she is happy with him and unhappy with her husband. Edna was trying to keep her family happy instead of herself. Another theme is the awakening of Edna. Although Edna did discover she was unhappy with her current relationship, she also awoken to other hobbies that made her happy. She is great at painting and loves listening to her friend play the piano. She soon discovered that she was trying to be what everyone else wanted her to instead of doing what was best for
her. Kate Chopin is a writer from the 18th century who wrote about feelings. She wrote life as she saw it. From the very first paragraph of The Awakening you can tell that Kate Chopin uses her words to show her authoristic style. Her sentences are almost always exactly what she means. Her word choice is always exact. Chopin can either be very specific by typing paragraphs to explain one subject, or write one sentence to summon up everything.
Frances Porcher, a literary critic from The Mirror, says The Awakening: “ It absorbs and interests, then makes one wonder, for the moment, with a little sick feeling, if all women are like the one, and that isn't a pleasant reflection after you have thoroughly taken in this character study whose "awakening" gives title to Mrs. Chopin's novel.” Porcher then goes on about the world wondering if all women are like Edna. He like her book and how it it set up. He gives her her props.
Although The Awakening was written over half a century ago, it is still a popular, interesting book to read. It teaches someone to get to know their significant other. Notice when she is unhappy and try to fix it. If you ignore that cause for too long, she might just slip away like Edna did. Let us hope that Leonce’s fate does not fall upon any of us.