The Awakening is about a mother who is not so happy with her life and marriage. She even abandons her family to attempt to find happiness. The first part of the story is located at an island off the coast of Louisiana named Grand Isle. During the summer time, Grand Isle is usually taken over by New Orlean families who go there to escape from the heat. During the summer, Edna Pontellier and her family went to Grand Isle for a vacation. Edna was not very fond of her marriage and often felt like she was trapped …show more content…
One theme in The Awakening is the consequence when you try to keep everyone else happy before yourself. Edna is faced with this consequence after she meets a man named Robert and figures out that she is happy with him and unhappy with her husband. Edna was trying to keep her family happy instead of herself. Another theme is the awakening of Edna. Although Edna did discover she was unhappy with her current relationship, she also awoken to other hobbies that made her happy. She is great at painting and loves listening to her friend play the piano. She soon discovered that she was trying to be what everyone else wanted her to instead of doing what was best for