Consider the questions that Edna asks Robert in chapter 34 about where he got the silk tobacco pouch. “Where did you buy this on
e? In Mexico?.… “They are very handsome, I suppose, those Mexican women; very picturesque, with their black eyes and their lace scarfs.… “What was she like — the one who gave you the pouch? You must have known her very well.… “Did you visit at her house? Was it interesting? I should like to know and hear about the people you met, and the impressions they made on you.” —The Awakening, Kate Chopin span> What character trait is the author trying to establish in Edna through these questions?
