I would have to disagree with the Staples commercial...........

As the title states, i have to disagree with the Staples commercial; that was NOT EASY!!!!! It wasn't that the language was challenging or anything like that, it just took forever to get through a page sometimes and think about it and analyze it. I felt like it took me a 1/2 hour to read 5 pages! But, I have to agree with Miss McDonald; this book is good, actually it is very good. Once you get passed the exhaustion of reading it and really think about the plot and the storyline, you enjoy it a lot more. I know that from someone else who already read this book ( Emily) that while she started her new book, she found that she like The Awakening better than the book she was reading. Also, I got some interesting outside opinions, and not from period 3 honors. I talked with people from Ms Marootian's class, aka ma soeur ( for those of you who don't speak french i am talking about my sister) and it was interesting to hear her opinion on the book- their evil adn only have to read 2 books. But it was nice to have an outside opinion, someone who's project is completely different from ours. But anyway, I enjoyed reading the book and feel that people should read this at least once in their lifetime, even if at the end you despised it, just so who get a feeling for it.
Anywho, there is still more to discuss. I'm limiting myself to one character this time; I'm going to talk about our protagonist, Edna ( i sometimes imagined her randomly as little edna mode from the incredibles- it made me laugh!). I have mixed feelings about Edna from this story. One, I admire her for having this awakening; it was probably very rare for that to happen during that time period. But she "woke up" and realize that the situation she was in wasn't the best and decided to change and become the person she wanted to be. I think that is why once she returned from Grand Isle, Edna spent so much time with Mademoiselle Reisz. She looked up to her lifestyle and how she was independent and wanted to be like Mademoiselle in some ways. I'm not crazy though about how she went about things; this is soooo confusing to write about. i think that Edna is first of all very selfish. She only cared about herself and what she wanted to do not realizing how it would eventually affect others. She says that she wasn't meant for marriage or motherhood and the society she was in. So if it is not meant for you, why even marry Leonce? I feel that the innocent bystanders, especially the children, suffered from Edna's choices. Those poor kids were pushed away from their own mother, I felt so terrible! Even though I wasn't a fan of Leonce either, I believe he truly did love her and in some ways respect her as his wife; if their was an epilogue to this, I think we would see that he was hurt the most. I praise Edna for her strength to defy, but I don't agree with her decisions. I also thought Edna was similar to our favorite crazy high society woman, Catherine Earnshaw. The two are a bit psycho at times with their crazy emotions and their feministic ideals and actions are similar; both defy the men around them. Personally, I think Catherine had a better ending than Edna; eternity with Heathcliff.
As I stated before ( this is the last part of my blog, i promise!), I admire Edna for her awakening, and I thank her. Actually, I thank every woman who was like Edna, because if not for them, where would we be. Min-Ji, Steph, Ashley, what would our lives be like today if not for these awakenings and strong women to change the world they lived in? I realize we are still struggling today, but look at how far we have come in a century( awakening was written in 1899)! We should be grateful that we can go out into world and achieve our dreams without people adn society telling us it isn't proper. I think that Edna deserves a little applause.