Question

Which aspects of Kate Chopin’s life do you predict will appear in her fictional work The Awakening? Use what you’ve read in this lesson to support your answer.

Answer 1

One aspect which will probably appear in the novel is that of the importance of religion.She received a Catholic education and was mentored by her mother and the nuns from the school she attended.

Another is the respect and devotion to the French culture and language also. .Kate was French on her mother´s side ansd she grew up speaking French as well as English.We cannot forget that her surname is pronounced with French articulation.

Last, an important aspect which cannot be forgotten is that of the social life she led.She attended opera concerts, theater plays and horse races.She met Edgar Degas, a very well known French painter who lived in New Orleans and was quite a character in those days.