The Awakening 4
I believe that Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, uses the plot, characters, setting, and the themes in order to get your point of view across to the reader. Each one of these elements makes the story easier to understand through Chopin's use of them. The plot is needed in order for it just to make sense. The characters give the story a personal feeling, the setting lets you imagine the events happening in your head as you read this novel, and the themes finally let you know what the author was trying to let you know while reading the story. The plot of this book is somewhat simple in the beginning, but turns a little awkward once you actually get into the novel. The main character is Edna Pontellier. A young southern woman that has been brought up in the way that most southern women were brought up in the Victorian age of the late 19th century. She was taught to be a good daughter, good wife, and finally a good mother. When the story begins she is all of these things. Then she meets a young man by the name of Robert. He turns her life upside down as she begins to feel a passion for him that she has never felt before in her entire life, not even for her husband that she thought she loved. When Robert goe
The setting of The Awakening is in only two locations. The beginning and end of the story are in Grand Isle Louisiana, while the middle of the novel is set in New Orleans. Grand Isle is a lush summer getaway for the rich of Louisiana at this time period. New Orleans is a busy metropolis of business. I believe that each setting helps to develop the author's viewpoint, because in each she undergoes a change. When she is first in Grand Isle is where she meets Robert and her love starts. When she goes back to New Orleans, she starts her new lifestyle. Finally the setting returns to Grand Isle and she eventually kills herself there. It is as if New Orleans "awakens" her, because Grand Isle puts her "to sleep." All of these elements that I have described in this paper help any reader of this novel to better understand this very strong story. The plot of this story is one that no one had ever entered before and I commend Chopin for going into it. The characters were all developed and all had some symbolism with them. The setting as I stated earlier was sort of the way I would come to the title of the novel. The themes were revolutionary of this time and were very easy to spot with is the case with most well written novels. Finally, a reader of The Awakening should have no trouble in finding out Chopin's opinions. I believe that with these elements defined I have summarized Kate Chopin's novel: The Awakening. There are many characters in The Awakening, each with their very own personality. The first is the main character, Edna Pontellier. As I stated before, she is a young southern woman that does what most other southern women did of that time period. She cooked a
Some common words found in the essay are:
Edna Pontellier, Grand Isle, Kate Chopin, Mademoiselle Reisz, grand isle, Lebrun Edna's, Isle Louisiana, Kate Chopin's, achieve happiness, Mademoiselle Ratignolle, , believe kate chopin, novel themes, mademoiselle reisz, main character, edna pontellier, character edna, main character edna, story plot, believe kate, character edna pontellier, view reader,
Approximate Word count = 1129
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
