In today’s society, battles are still being undergone between groups of people who wish to gain an equal piece of the pie in both social and economic issues. However, people have no doubt come far from where the world was not even two-hundred years ago. Edna, like most women in the 1800s, was placed under the man, expected to be a compliant wife and housekeeper. Despite this, she wished to stray from what she was raised to be and accept her true individuality that would allow her to live a happy and fulfilling life, despite the story ending the opposite. Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, wrote a heart-wrenching tale of a woman in the nineteenth century in search of her true identity, defying society in the process. She incorporated a variety
