Her most influential stories were about women, including a story where the main character is attracted to her husband's best friend. ... The Awakening was Chopin's first noted novel, and also her last. ... Chopin finished writing The Awakening in January 1898. ... She was even accepted back into the Wednesday Club, a society of intellectual women, who had omitted her after the publication of The Awakening (Ewell 25). ... Though Chopin's controversial works sold well before the release of The Awakening, the publisher thought that it would not sell as well now that Chopin was ...

• Word Count: 1243
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Schwartz, also entitled Cathedral, project a sense of contradiction in their illustration of a man's spiritual ignorance and eventual spiritual awakening. ... This weakens the development of the characters. ... In the short story, Carver describes Bub's moment of spiritual awakening very intensely and also brings a strong sense of appreciation from Bub. ... The spark for Bub's spiritual awakening is caused by Robert, and this is obvious in both the short story and the video. ... This is the peak of spiritual awakening for Bub, and when he mentions, "I thought it was somethin...

• Word Count: 1465
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At the height of her fame, she also wrote and published two novels "At Fault" (1890) and "The Awakening" (1899). ... In this story the main character, Mrs. ... The character, Athenaise, is a young girl who's promised to be married to a gentleman by the name of Cazeau. ... Chopin's career is cut short when her last novel "The Awakening" is published in 1899. ... She wrote or published very little after the hostility she received from "The Awakening" and in 1904, she died at an early age of fifty-three. ...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The main character of the novel "A Room with a View " is Lucy Honeychurch, a young English woman who follows the social convensions of the Victorian middle class which she belongs to. ... In Forster's opinion Italians are more joyful and spontaneous, so Lucy's awakening becames from the country's influence. ... As writer, Foster is known and appreciated because of the accurate study of the characters in his novels; they are always vital and round, full of contraddictions and dubts. In "A Room with a View- his interest is mainly connected with Lucy's development...

• Word Count: 379
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From time to time, a novel's most powerful moments end up being those that take place in the minds of the characters themselves. ... Miller does an incredible job in making Biff's awakening such an exciting portion of the novel. ... Finally, in an awakening unparalleled in the rest of the work, Biff erupts, standing up and accepting that both he and his father are "a dime a dozen-, and that his entire family is living in a surrealistic dream world. ... Through this, Miller succeeds in making Biff's awakening and the thoughts that go with it the most climactic and powerful mom...

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The female characters in her stories defy the conventional role of women in her time. In writing her stories through her point of view it is obvious that Chopin identifies with her characters. ... Chopin's intention is to bring an awakening to society regarding the female persona. ... Baroda's character in the story challenge the conservative role of women in her time. ... Baroda's character is allowed to have individuality. ...

• Word Count: 514
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... The story also showed change when it mentioned the awakening of Mrs. ... With this character and his display of stuffed dead birds, it relates how women were also viewed in this time. ... Her character reminisces about how things were when there were still men around at her place. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. ...

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The current views and the beginning of change in those views that some of society held towards the independence of women in the late 1800s can be seen through the character portrayals in "A White Heron." ... The story also showed change when it mentioned the awakening of Mrs. ... With this character and his display of stuffed dead birds, it relates how women were also viewed in this time. ... Her character reminisces about how things were when there were still men around at her place. ... Sylvia the story's main character is shown as a free spirit. ...

• Word Count: 498
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Lawrence shows the emotion growth of his main character Elizabeth Bates. ... In the development of Elizabeth's character he allows the reader to see her angry, her concerns, her fears and eventually her awakening. ... This is an effective tool in developing characterization because in viewing the characters interaction with other characters the reader gets a better understanding of who that character is. ... The protagonist is the principal character in a literary work. ... Lawrence also develops her as a character many people can relate to. ...

• Word Count: 891
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The characters seem lifelike to me. ... Frankie Addams is the main character and protagonist of the novel. ... She must go through a brief and challenging experience of self-awakening in order for her to grow and learn. ... He was really only a shadow of Frankie's character. ... The author repeatedly used colors to describe the characters and their environment around them. ...

• Word Count: 1396
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Yolen compared a story that fictitiously occurred during World War II with Sleeping Beauty, which allowed one of the main characters, Gitl Mandelstein, to indirectly tell her horrifying experiences during the war. ...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In her novel The Great Awakening, she addresses women's roles in society and relationships with men. ... The social ideology in the story "Desiree's Baby- was powerful and dangerous and held no escape for any character. ... The racism in the story is not discussed openly but is prudently mixed in with Armand's atrocious character and his evil soul. ... This suitor, Armand Aubigny was racist and wretched but the young bride was in love and looked past his flawed character. ... The death of his mother while living in France when he was eight years old may have had a precarious ef...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8