The title of the book I chose to write about is called ' 'The Awakening ' ', written by Kate Chopin. The Awakening explores Edna Pontellier 's story which takes place in Louisiana, within the upper-class Creole society. The time period in which Edna 's story takes place is the 1890s. Edna Pontellier is a twenty-eight year old woman who is married to her husband Léonce Pontellier, and has two younger children. The book starts off detailing Edna 's current life, in which she cares for her children, while also fulfilling her womanly duties to her husband and household. The book then goes on to detail Edna 's transformation from being an obedient, traditional wife and mother into a self-realized, sexually liberated and independent woman. Edna
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One of them includes Edna 's identity crisis of who she was as person, which influenced the way she chose to behave towards the people around her. The applicable concept that contributed to the problem included self concept . Edna 's self-concept of herself wasn 't healthy. The Awakening centers around Edna basically going through an identity crisis. She 's living her life the way society has encouraged her to live since she was a young girl. Then she has an awakening, in which she realizes she 's not happy with the life she 's been living or who she is as a person. Growing up Edna saw the expectations of what a woman 's role in society was suppose to be. Which included getting married and having children, while letting her husband be the breadwinner while she did the upkeep of her home, and caring for her children. This in turn made her believe this was the person she was suppose to model herself after. Social comparison is another concept that contributes to the problem. It also helped form Edna into the person she didn 't want to be. When Edna realized she wasn 't happy with the life she was living, like being at home caring for her children or being in a loveless marriage she decided to change and started to live for herself. The problem with that was the social comparison she had with the other woman was the complete opposite of who she wanted to be. For example, ' 'Edna finds that the life of the …show more content…
Roberts interpersonal skills were a problem throughout the novel. When Robert and Edna first meet, Robert is his usual flirtatious self. However, as their relationship continues to grow throughout the novel Robert decides to move to Mexico for a couple months leaving Edna with little explanation or reason as to why he 's leaving. Non Verbal communication was the applicable concept that contributed to the problem. Instead of Robert telling Edna how he felt about her, he decided to run away. By doing so it left Edna in a gray area of not knowing how Robert ultimately felt about her, and wondering why he suddenly just left with little notice or warning. Even though Robert chose to leave Edna he eventually returns and confesses his love to Edna. Robert admits his love for her, and confessed he would think about her all the time while in Mexico. He says he left because, he had a wild dream that she could become his wife, and he was trying to get over this notion. Both Robert and Edna showed signs of Ineffective listening skills. Edna expressed to Robert how much she loved him, but also wanted to keep her independence. Robert on the other hand wanted to marry Edna, and spend the rest of his life with her, not caring of the social backlash they might receive from the people around them. However, instead of listening to each others side
One of them includes Edna 's identity crisis of who she was as person, which influenced the way she chose to behave towards the people around her. The applicable concept that contributed to the problem included self concept . Edna 's self-concept of herself wasn 't healthy. The Awakening centers around Edna basically going through an identity crisis. She 's living her life the way society has encouraged her to live since she was a young girl. Then she has an awakening, in which she realizes she 's not happy with the life she 's been living or who she is as a person. Growing up Edna saw the expectations of what a woman 's role in society was suppose to be. Which included getting married and having children, while letting her husband be the breadwinner while she did the upkeep of her home, and caring for her children. This in turn made her believe this was the person she was suppose to model herself after. Social comparison is another concept that contributes to the problem. It also helped form Edna into the person she didn 't want to be. When Edna realized she wasn 't happy with the life she was living, like being at home caring for her children or being in a loveless marriage she decided to change and started to live for herself. The problem with that was the social comparison she had with the other woman was the complete opposite of who she wanted to be. For example, ' 'Edna finds that the life of the …show more content…
Roberts interpersonal skills were a problem throughout the novel. When Robert and Edna first meet, Robert is his usual flirtatious self. However, as their relationship continues to grow throughout the novel Robert decides to move to Mexico for a couple months leaving Edna with little explanation or reason as to why he 's leaving. Non Verbal communication was the applicable concept that contributed to the problem. Instead of Robert telling Edna how he felt about her, he decided to run away. By doing so it left Edna in a gray area of not knowing how Robert ultimately felt about her, and wondering why he suddenly just left with little notice or warning. Even though Robert chose to leave Edna he eventually returns and confesses his love to Edna. Robert admits his love for her, and confessed he would think about her all the time while in Mexico. He says he left because, he had a wild dream that she could become his wife, and he was trying to get over this notion. Both Robert and Edna showed signs of Ineffective listening skills. Edna expressed to Robert how much she loved him, but also wanted to keep her independence. Robert on the other hand wanted to marry Edna, and spend the rest of his life with her, not caring of the social backlash they might receive from the people around them. However, instead of listening to each others side