The Awakening
Topic #2 LAP
Abid Ahmad
Winter Jasmine flowers that endure the harsh cold in beauty and elegance; This is the embodiment of women in society, whether it be today or one hundred years ago. When Kate Chopin wrote of the woes of Edna Pontellier in her novel The Awakening, no one could have expected just how much our society had shifted since the release of her ground-breaking publication. The book entails the barriers that had controlled women back in the late 1800s. Although modern women’s rights is a new battle that is being fought on different fronts, it is the same war that was always being waged since the infancy of society. No matter what era, women have always fought for the same fundamental underpinnings of empowerment, …show more content…
Amazingly, their unheralded grace is unaffected by this storm, still flaunting their timeless beauty. This war has been waged for far too long in our culture. It is incumbent upon us to utilize the tools left by our predecessors to bestow the spring of equality to this world.
The main pressure that Awakening’s Edna faces revolves around her marriage. Edna has to deal with a traditional patriarchal husband that has unfortunately become a recurring theme in our broken society. The idea that women are beholden to the men around them has been perpetually enforced throughout our communities. This is ever-present in the book, where Edna literally committed suicide in an attempt to regain control of her identity. “She thought of Leonce and the children. They were a part of her life. But they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul.”(Chopin 116) Chopin explicates the relief that Edna taking her own life brought, when using the …show more content…
As stifling as it has been for women to grow throughout history, all it takes is for one person to build shelter from this discrimination. Through this, our society can begin to spread gardens of grace, benefiting their surroundings and the environment around them. Accordingly, when Chopin wrote this book, the war on equality was much worse and no one saw any end in sight. Since then, women have made strides in the political and socioeconomic atmosphere, actually gaining some of the respect that they so rightfully deserve. However, we should make no mistake that this blizzard of social construction is still presently freezing our world's growth, as the remnants of past patriarchal structures are still intact. This is the same war though, and since the enlightenment our communities have consistently been inching towards the light at the end of the tunnel. It will take time, but if our society can take the same lessons of empowerment and equality from our predecessors, then we will only further the cause of social equality. It’s scary to attack the very foundations of which our society was built upon, but make no mistake that man-made structures have no chance when Mother Nature turns her back against
Topic #2 LAP
Abid Ahmad
Winter Jasmine flowers that endure the harsh cold in beauty and elegance; This is the embodiment of women in society, whether it be today or one hundred years ago. When Kate Chopin wrote of the woes of Edna Pontellier in her novel The Awakening, no one could have expected just how much our society had shifted since the release of her ground-breaking publication. The book entails the barriers that had controlled women back in the late 1800s. Although modern women’s rights is a new battle that is being fought on different fronts, it is the same war that was always being waged since the infancy of society. No matter what era, women have always fought for the same fundamental underpinnings of empowerment, …show more content…
Amazingly, their unheralded grace is unaffected by this storm, still flaunting their timeless beauty. This war has been waged for far too long in our culture. It is incumbent upon us to utilize the tools left by our predecessors to bestow the spring of equality to this world.
The main pressure that Awakening’s Edna faces revolves around her marriage. Edna has to deal with a traditional patriarchal husband that has unfortunately become a recurring theme in our broken society. The idea that women are beholden to the men around them has been perpetually enforced throughout our communities. This is ever-present in the book, where Edna literally committed suicide in an attempt to regain control of her identity. “She thought of Leonce and the children. They were a part of her life. But they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul.”(Chopin 116) Chopin explicates the relief that Edna taking her own life brought, when using the …show more content…
As stifling as it has been for women to grow throughout history, all it takes is for one person to build shelter from this discrimination. Through this, our society can begin to spread gardens of grace, benefiting their surroundings and the environment around them. Accordingly, when Chopin wrote this book, the war on equality was much worse and no one saw any end in sight. Since then, women have made strides in the political and socioeconomic atmosphere, actually gaining some of the respect that they so rightfully deserve. However, we should make no mistake that this blizzard of social construction is still presently freezing our world's growth, as the remnants of past patriarchal structures are still intact. This is the same war though, and since the enlightenment our communities have consistently been inching towards the light at the end of the tunnel. It will take time, but if our society can take the same lessons of empowerment and equality from our predecessors, then we will only further the cause of social equality. It’s scary to attack the very foundations of which our society was built upon, but make no mistake that man-made structures have no chance when Mother Nature turns her back against