Kate Chopin's Controversial Views
"Too strong a drink for moral babies, and should be labeled ‘poison’." was the how the Republic described Kate Chopin’s most famous novel The Awakening (Seyersted 174). This was the not only the view of one magazine, but it summarized the feelings of society as a whole. Chopin woke up people to the feelings and minds of women. Even though her ideas were controversial at first, slowly over the decades people began to accept them.Kate O’Flaherty Chopin was raised in St. Louis in the 1850’s and 1860’s. Chopin had a close relationship with her French grandmother which lead to her appreciation of French writers. When she was only five Chopin’s father, Thomas O’Flaherty died leaving her without a father figure. Eliza O’Flaherty, Chopin’s mother, was from there on the head of the household. Chopin grew up knowing that women could be strong and intelligent and that they did not have to be submissive creatures (Skaggs 2). She loved her mother and considered her "A woman of great beauty, intelligence, and personal magnetism" (Seyersted 14). Growing up around independent women, however, did not dissuade her from marriage. Her marriage to Oscar Chopin by all accounts was a happy one. Taking on the
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Approximate Word count = 1843
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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