The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Public Controversy
The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, was a book that was truly ahead
of its time. The author of the book was truly a genius in her right, but yet she was
seen as a scoundrel. At the time, it was 'a world that values only her performance
as a mother, whose highest expectations for women are self sacrifice and self-
effacement.' ( ? ) The people of that era were not ready to admit or accept the
simple but hidden feelings of intimacy or sexuality and the true nature of
womanhood. Kate Chopin's book portrayed a woman of that time in a quite
unorthodox way. In fact, [ When…