The AwakeningStyleKate Chopin has a style that makes her work feel more like a story told in person just for the reader than a story written in a book for a diverse audience of readers potential. She tends to go into detail about the characters' thoughts and actions, giving the reader insight they wouldn't normally get, almost as if they were a mind reader witnessing the event. When Chopin describes the situations her characters find themselves in, she tends to use short, precise sentences that are the bare minimum to cover said situation, followed by a very long sentence that expands on the first. She also tends to use short, successive sentences to illustrate a point. These are often character realizations, and feel like a short string of thoughts leading to a conclusion in the character's mind. These sections typically use anaphora, repetition hammering ideas into the reader's head. As stated before, Chopin describes almost everything in great detail. His choice of words oscillates between passive observation and strong opinion. When describing a landscape, she may describe the colors and the situation, or she may become excited and give a fervent description polluted by the feelings of Edna, the main character. These changes in diction add to the story, and the reader is no longer a reader again. On the contrary, this style allows us to feel changes in the mood of the characters. Rather than being told "He was happy", "He was passionate", "He was apathetic", the reader has the impression of entering the scene and experiencing the atmosphere himself. This change in diction also tends to accompany a change in tone. At the beginning of the story, the tone was one of anticipation, like a patient child waiting for a caterpillar... middle of paper... its goal or simply to understand itself and its person. Although it is aimed more at female readers, I believe this was Chopin's intention, as this feminist theme/point of view IS still there. She did it more for the female readers at that time so that they could realize themselves and feel like they could live their lives and do things to please themselves, rather than doing things just for other people. Chopin's style, as mentioned before, is what captivates the reader. This gives personality to the story, with every quirk in his writing obvious and interesting. The words used are exactly what she means, and much more. His use of literary devices paints a stunning picture of life in the late 19th century, particularly his unique use of syntax. Overall, this novel is a good read, provided the reader takes the time to think about everything that goes into it. he.