The Awakening by Kate ChopinA young woman, Edna Pontellier, seeks to "find herself", even if it's at the expense of her marriage and children. This story definitely has to be understood in the context of its time. When it was written, women still had no opinion worth hearing, and spent their lives pleasing everyone else but themselves.
Unfortunately, the main character is way too self-centered for me. She married her husband to shock her parents, she is a detached mother, and is bored and irritated by a friend that actually has a happy marriage. Please! Sure, her husband is a control freak, but Edna needed to grow up a little. She spent his money on whatever, just because she could... what about losing yourself in helping others? The thought never even entered her mind; life revolved around her. I realize that she felt trapped by her past choices, but her present choices were no better.
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