Edna awoke and confronted the reality to such an extent that she escaped her home, her husband, her life, by leaving for the "little pigeon house". ... The title of the novel "The Awakening" represents the "awakening" of Edna through the realization of her true feelings and this realization often preceded by sleep and she does a great deal of it. ... On the other hand, sleep has also been a means of escape and of repairing her tattered emotions, like when Edna met Robert after returning from Mexico he seemed to be quite formal in his behavior and that night before sleeping "she writhed with a ...

• Word Count: 2043
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"A Little Cloud" connotatively expresses in itself an effeminacy and fragility that little Chandler's personality holds. The precision and care of his appearance is a reaction to needing to be in social order. This makes up for his ineffectuality by customizing what he can control. The common practices of clothing and manner are reachable endeavors for a man who does not have what he wants, nor is whom he likes. Chandler's inability to be the personification of men like Gallaher, an ideal archetype that Chandler has a need to feel in close and personal interaction with, becomes mani...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate