An Analysis of AwakeningThe first thing I would like to do is go through and select the chapters that I found important in the novel.Chapter 1 : *there is symbolism of a well-trained "caged" bird (as we read in the hypertext) which represents what wives must have been during Edna's lifetime *well-trained *talks in jokes *begins with summer a time of beauty, fullness and fruit *Grand Isle *vacation of life in New Orleans (imprisonment) *ends in summer after 1 year *this vacation follows Edna to New Orleans where she gradually begins to see how trapped she really is *it's after this vacation that Edna begins to "wake up" Chapter 2: *Edna was from Kentucky and married a Creole *it's a conflict of religion *she is Presbetyrian and he is Catholic *this presents a problem for Edna as she has to live a Catholic lifestyle Chapter 3: *we first see here the marriage problems that M&M Pontellier have *the ideals of what M. Pontellier expects Edna *taking care of the children was very important *marital status: bored, lack of liveliness, becoming more and more depressing for her *impt: Edna's depression, her crying Chapter 4: *Adèle , the perfect woman *embodies all the qualities of what a woman-mother should be *she has been married for 7 years and has a child approximately every 2 years, once again fulfilling her feminine and maternal duties. *her identity seems to be consumed by having children and her current "state" Chapter 7: *in this chapter we see Edna starting to slip away, she no longer pays as much attention to things *daydream/ Adèle asks her a question and Edna is not with her Chapter 10: *Edna learns to swim!!!!!! very implicit. *she takes control of her body *the sea becomes her friend, close, intimate, sensual Chapter 11: *in this section we see a bit of Edna's rebellious nature *her husband commands her and Edna says “NO! » Chapter 17: *we see yet another confrontation between M&M Pontellier, more marital problems *I think we also start to see hatred and violence under the surface of her husband *we also see another problem, Tuesday was to be "call" day and Edna was unprepared for the callers, she realizes that she no longer cares about doing the things her husband wants her to do. Chapter 24: *Edna's father comes to visit *he also describes that females should submit to males* males are dominant?