In 1899 Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was released to readers, which is now regarded as a classic in American fiction. Her style consists of strict following of grammar rules and sharp, precise sentence structures, bringing an entirely different feel to her story when read compared to other works of fiction that deliberately cut and switch their choice of words and structures to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. The Awakening contains a strict writing style, a theme of identity crisis, and is an overall very different story for it’s time. In The Awakening, we see a different style of writing compared to other works of literature. While some may end a sentence strangely or purposely make the feel of the words come out choppy to ‘show’ a
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Russ mentioned several critics who were very quick in pouncing negatively on the story, thinking the protagonist’s actions, Edna, to be “unholy” and morally wrong. Writing such a theme in the story and publishing while society was in turmoil with dealing with women wanting more rights and social ideologies in itself caused much backlash on The Awakening and on the author, Kate Chopin, as well. Numerous amounts of people were in disagreement of the book and brought in religious views over it. The article mainly talks about how society viewed the book and the reaction that the critics had over it, though for reason of the character. The protagonist, Edna, practiced infidelity, selfishness, acted wrongly, unwise, and ended it all dramatically by committing suicide. She deals with her problems poorly, in a manner that is still not viewed as acceptable in today’s world (though I am sure it is still performed to some degree), and I have stated earlier, she greatly dramatizes her situation making it seem as though her life were terrible which allows her “identity crisis” to come into existence. What pushes the buttons of the critics mostly though is not only Edna’s behavior, but the fact that Chopin herself seemed to approve of it (according to the article). As most know, simply because an author writes their character committing a morally wrong action it does not mean that they approve of it. It could be a turnaround for the character, an example of them falling off the path of good, a lesson they must learn later in order to create character development or simply because they deemed it necessary for their story but it does not mean they approve of it. In this case
Russ mentioned several critics who were very quick in pouncing negatively on the story, thinking the protagonist’s actions, Edna, to be “unholy” and morally wrong. Writing such a theme in the story and publishing while society was in turmoil with dealing with women wanting more rights and social ideologies in itself caused much backlash on The Awakening and on the author, Kate Chopin, as well. Numerous amounts of people were in disagreement of the book and brought in religious views over it. The article mainly talks about how society viewed the book and the reaction that the critics had over it, though for reason of the character. The protagonist, Edna, practiced infidelity, selfishness, acted wrongly, unwise, and ended it all dramatically by committing suicide. She deals with her problems poorly, in a manner that is still not viewed as acceptable in today’s world (though I am sure it is still performed to some degree), and I have stated earlier, she greatly dramatizes her situation making it seem as though her life were terrible which allows her “identity crisis” to come into existence. What pushes the buttons of the critics mostly though is not only Edna’s behavior, but the fact that Chopin herself seemed to approve of it (according to the article). As most know, simply because an author writes their character committing a morally wrong action it does not mean that they approve of it. It could be a turnaround for the character, an example of them falling off the path of good, a lesson they must learn later in order to create character development or simply because they deemed it necessary for their story but it does not mean they approve of it. In this case