The setting in Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening,” effects the story by Edna having a lack of personal freedom, she is being treated as only a housewife and a mother. And men expected to be the head of the house.
The setting effects the story by Edna lacking freedom and not being able to do her own thing. She has to tend to her children even when she is on vacation (5). This means that Edna has to care for her children every minute, hour, day. Furthermore, Edna is being held back, hence the lack of freedom do to the setting. She also has a lack of freedom do to her husband always leaving the house and her having to do more around the house.
Another way the setting affects the book is Edna is only being treated as