Kate Chopin: The Awakening Part 2

        In the second half of The Awakening by Kate Chopin, similar ideas and themes were represented. The first quote that I chose stated, “She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to ‘feed upon opinion’ when her soul had invited her.” This quote is speaking about Edna and her individuality. Throughout the novel, she is becoming more and more independent and is gaining the willingness to express herself how she wants, regardless of what people are going to think of her. At this point in the novel, people’s opinions are having no impact on her behaviors and decisions, which is an outgrowth of her rejection of social standards, as well as her growth in independence. 

The second quote that I chose was, “She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had ever known.” I pulled this quote from the last chapter of the book because I thought it really showed how although Edna had a huge inner transformation of herself and her thoughts on society, society hadn’t changed. The world was still the same all around her, no matter how much her views changed. This was an important quote because although it makes it sound scary, I think Edna was ready to face the world knowing everything she learned about herself. 


Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. 


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