The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, is a unique and exclusive novel that shows us a woman, who through her stirring, or sparking comes to her senses and grasps reality. Throughout the whole story the main character (Edna Pontellier) fluctuates between two different places or settings. Her home in New Orleans and her summer home in Grand Isle. By using these contrasting settings Chopin represents opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of her work.
The novel starts of in Grand Isle, where Edna's summer home is located, and pretty much ends here too. Edna's home in Grand Isle is like a luxury resort while her home in New Orleans is more like a "down to earth" dwelli
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