Vanessa Orantes
Period 2
Ms.Elam
4-26-17
ESSAY
In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin is about modern day feminism, the whole book relates back to Chopin life during the late twentieth century and how women may have felt during that era especially if you were a wife and mother then you have limited freedom. The purpose of the book is to experience several awakenings throughout the storyline and self realization to meet the aspects of life. Throughout the book the main character Edna (Mrs. Pontellier) was a mother and a wife, she starts to make her own decisions when she started to disobey her husband commands and decided to spend her time more wisely instead of being a mother and wife. Edna would feel depressed in the way she lived, but …show more content…
The way she starts to think and viewing she is questioning everything differently and realizing who she is in this world. She awakens and realize life as it really is besides being a mother and wife.. When she says Holy Ghost she means how she is invisible to her husband and to society. This could have a part of what lead her to her death because she felt different compared to every woman and she started to understand her inner-self. During that time you were judged for your character of being a mother and wife and that's what the men expected out of you nothing else. Chopin gives clues on how people may see her and how she started seeing herself by the way she was feeling towards her individual self in the world. Indeed this was to show how women were coming to realizing life for themselves and how they struggle to come to self realization. Furthermore “You have been a very, very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier’s possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I
Period 2
Ms.Elam
4-26-17
ESSAY
In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin is about modern day feminism, the whole book relates back to Chopin life during the late twentieth century and how women may have felt during that era especially if you were a wife and mother then you have limited freedom. The purpose of the book is to experience several awakenings throughout the storyline and self realization to meet the aspects of life. Throughout the book the main character Edna (Mrs. Pontellier) was a mother and a wife, she starts to make her own decisions when she started to disobey her husband commands and decided to spend her time more wisely instead of being a mother and wife. Edna would feel depressed in the way she lived, but …show more content…
The way she starts to think and viewing she is questioning everything differently and realizing who she is in this world. She awakens and realize life as it really is besides being a mother and wife.. When she says Holy Ghost she means how she is invisible to her husband and to society. This could have a part of what lead her to her death because she felt different compared to every woman and she started to understand her inner-self. During that time you were judged for your character of being a mother and wife and that's what the men expected out of you nothing else. Chopin gives clues on how people may see her and how she started seeing herself by the way she was feeling towards her individual self in the world. Indeed this was to show how women were coming to realizing life for themselves and how they struggle to come to self realization. Furthermore “You have been a very, very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontellier’s possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I