Kaleb’s Comments (group member since Feb 04, 2022)

Kaleb’s comments from the AP Literature and Composition (SHHS) group.

Natalie wrote: "What is the internal conflict that Edna Pontellier experiences during the absence of her family? How does this drive the plot in a new direction?"

There is a struggle is between her being forced to find herself and attempting to balance the societal pressures she is feeling. This drives her to explore an experience the world herself, abandoning what society wants her to be and driving the plot as she experiences an "Awakening".

How does Edna's wealthy upbringing affect her views and actions? How is this reflected in our modern society?

CJ wrote: "Leonce's position as a husband plays a large part in the development of the plot in the way that he enforces a motherly role on Edna. He's traditional and will take no part in taking care of his ki..."

I agree her own realization of strength empowers her into making a change. Ednas shift from compliant to vengeful marks a big change in her outlook on the world.

Dom wrote: "Ms. Marshall wrote: "Craft a response that addresses two (2) of the following topics:

1. What are the driving conflicts of the novella?
2. Choose a character--how is that character impacting the ..."

I agree her separation from her responsibility exasperates her desire to be free, along with Robert pushing her towards change.

The driving conflict is Ednas own enmity towards her expectations. She spent a good deal of her life coasting along and now finds herself lost and lacking a very important voice in her own life. These feelings cause her to disassociate with her life and reflect upon her choices. Her marriage is stretched thinner and thinner as she attempts to find herself. When she is removed from the social interaction of the island Edna delves deeper into this rut she has found herself in. Her tendency to alienate from her marriage and her motherly "duties" is exposed when she is left in new orleans without word from her husband. Robert is used as a foil for Leonce throughout the text as he gives edna the attentiveness and the respect she so craves. He views her as a person while Leonce views her as a housemaid. Without his presence Ednas view on Leonce may not be as pronounced, yet her fulfillment from someone other than Leonce drives her conflict aswell as the plot.