Essay - The Awakening Is Written by Kate Chopin. the Book Is...

The Awakening is written by Kate Chopin. The book is about a young woman, Edna Pontellier, who ***** restrained by her marriage and the responsibilities of being a ***** in the 1800s. She has two young sons, but she doesn't feel maternal ***** her heart. She loves her sons, ***** she won't give up ***** soul for them as expected in her time. Her husband is concerned about finances and keeping ***** appearances. He wants his wife to do the right thing. He wants ***** to sit at home ***** entertain, to keep the housekeepers in check and ***** make sure that he gets a fine dinner every night. ***** men in her life, Robert Lebrun, Leonce *****, and Alcee Arobin push Edna to the edge. She commits suicide in an f*****al act of desperation ***** feel free, at one with some*****, and loved.

Edna ***** an awakening while spending the summer with her husband at a beach home ***** a resort called Grand Isle. She befriends a young man, Robert Lebrun, and *****ls in love—however she ***** admit her love right away. She realizes ***** she loves him when he goes *****f to Mexico and she pines away for him. However, at the same time, she begins to focus on herself. When she returns to her home, she spends more ***** on her artwork ***** lets ***** house go. ***** keeps company with ***** Arobin (although she is still very much in love with her Robert). She ***** ***** get stronger, braver. ***** tells her husband that ***** will do what she wants to do, ***** she wants to do it. When he *****es away on a business trip, ***** moves out of t***** house and in***** a smaller cottage w*****e she can be free to do as she wishes undisturbed.

The contrast between Edna's att*****ude in the early part ***** the ***** and afterwards was quite poignant. She actually went from being an introvert to becoming more of an extrovert. She was quite shy in the beginning of ***** book. In fact, her husband accused her of not taking care of the children and instead of fighting back, she began to cry. T***** attitude ***** quite ***** opposite from when ***** husb***** later asked her how did her dinner party go and she says that she didn't s***** up to meet ***** vi*****itors. He was ***** vexed, but Edna didn't care at all. In *****, ***** was probably laughing at him inside. She was probably laughing at ********** who showed up. It may have amused her to think that they had all been snubbed.

Although it ***** unusual ***** a wo***** to ***** ***** own interests outside ***** the family, Edna, clung ***** her hob***** of painting. She used painting as a way to furt***** gain her freedom. Painting was the one thing that the men could not take *****. It became a mechanism for escape. It took great courage for her to stand up against ***** husband