The Awakening

growth of literacy in general and the Bible knowledge in particular. For example, in 1824 they formed the American Sunday School Union” (Butler, Wacker and Balmer 189). In The Democratization of American Christianity, during time of the Second Great Awakening, the author traces this really…

The Boss Awakening Boss stood on the beach looking out at the ocean as the sun sank into the red clouds, its’ job done for the day. A cloud drifted in the distance spreading its rain. The beach sand was soft under his feet and the warm water was clear and filled with fish that seemed to enjoy swimming with him. A pair of flutter-bys flapped their colorful wings of blue, red, green and gold as they passed him in a harmonic dance. The cool breeze coming off the ocean felt good as he listened to…

Two big social events happened that pushed the colonies in America towards the Revolutionary War, the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. The Enlightenment that happened in the colonies stemmed from the Enlightenment that was also occurring in Europe, which was a movement to place a human’s capacity for reason above other factors of social status (Schultz, Mays, & Winfree, 2011). To basically summarize what was happening, at the time the Enlightenment as occurring the popular belief in…

Documented Argument of the Awakening Kate Chopin's depiction of "The Awakening" is realistic as she develops Edna Pontellier's character from a socially and morally respectable individual to an individual that turns her back on everything closest…

A Rude Awakening Despite the fact that today we live in a nation full of opportunities for success and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work, many people want more. Oftentimes in life, people wish for things they do not have. Regardless of how hard people wish on a shooting star or on birthday candle, the wishes never seemed to be answered. Many people have felt that disappointment on their birthday when they realize that they were never going to get what they wanted. This novel…

For this month’s project to inspire reflection, I chose “The Rude Awakening” assignment. I picked this project for two reasons: 1) it seemed easy, and 2) this is actually something that I have wanted to do but have not had the motivation to follow through with. I actually like waking up early in the morning because it is quiet, and I am more productive throughout the day; however, since it is dark and cold when I wake up before eight, the warmth of my bed draws me back under my covers.…

In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899), protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess, “That outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions.” In the novel, she lived her life outwardly as though she was comfortable and filled with happiness however, inwardly she was confused. Like Edna, Sal Paradise, main character of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road felt confused with how his life was turning out. Sal was living a mundane life until Dean Moriarty turned his apathetic emotions into…

In the Awakening by Kate Chopin is dependant on the setting because without the descriptions and use of sensory imagery this book would be very hard to understand. The setting of the Awakening by Kate Chopin helps the reader visualize the setting. “He could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water oaks and across the stretch of the horizon”. This sentence is an example of the way Kate Chopin helps readers visualize what she is talking about. Kate Chopin’s use of words to describe a…

Kate Chopin’s The Awakening reveals oppressive actions towards its female characters by characterizing them through confined symbols, creating a language barrier between genders, and by setting a standard of silent rules women must uphold. In this novel one female character in particular, Edna Pontellier, begins to comprehend she is being oppressed and then decides to embark on a quest to discover her individuality as a human being. Most other female characters in The Awakening seem to ignore…

The evangelical development of the Second Great Awakening, and the progress of the Market revolution swept the nation during the first half of the nineteenth century. During the same decades, the role of women in America changed. The Market Revolution indicated the downturn of subsistence farming and the commercialization of the economic life of Americans. For the first time, factories arose, as textiles were progressively manufactured in mills like those in Lowell, Massachusetts. Although still…