The Awakening By Kate Chopin Essay

A Reflection of Idealism and Realism Since its creation, the utopian and dystopian theory has made many political conversations take place worldwide. These conversations revolve around the idea of a perfect society versus that of an unpleasant society. In captivating a large portion of the human race, the theory is a huge topic with authors who also want to voice their opinion on the matter. One of these authors being the writer of The Awakening, Kate Chopin. Through her writing, Chopin expresses her view by taking on the aspect of the female social class, and of how different it is treated within the two theorized sociological settings. During her time, Chopin was part of a highly detested group whose focus was mainly on that of
It tells the story of a woman named Edna Pontellier, who of which, goes on a journey to try to find her true identity in the world. In doing so, Mrs. Pontellier has to deal with a “...marriage…” with a demanding husband and a hectic agenda of trying to keep watch of her two young “...children…” (“Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening””). Outside of balancing these stressful everyday occurrences, Edna tries to calm herself by trying to take advice from her friends Adele Ratignolle and Robert Lebrun. Thereupon, in talking with Ratignolle, Edna is told to give in to “...life’s delirium…” of doing of what is expected of her as a wife and a mother (94). Unlike that of Mrs. Pontellier’s predicament, Adele has given into that of their civilization’s ideal outlook of being a woman who has completely immersed herself in that of the well being of her family and of nothing else. Appalled by this response, Edna labels it as being a “...colorless [and]...blind contentment…” and then goes on to describe Adele as being