This is not the worst book on the planet..... at least its better than his excellency

I had some fears when Emily handed me her copy of "The Awakening" last Friday; as she puts it in her blog "If this book is the 'awakening', I would hate to read the 'sleeping'". I had heard that this was the worst (from various sources) who were so glad to be rid of it- except Miss McDonald, who loves this book. And I woud have to agree with her; "The Awakening" is not that bad. I haven't gotten to the true plot yet, but so far it is holding my interest. The problem I'm having with this book- and maybe others fell this way too- is that the language is easy, but for some reason or another, it just takes me longer to read. Maybe it's the small type, I don't know. The slowness of the novel reminds me of reading "His Excellency" over the summer..... except that book was terrible (no offense, Ms. Horn)! But that book too was just slow... and the type was so small, it just took me a long time to read. I believe the reason why it's so slow is because Chopin is portraying to the reader Edna life; it wasn't that interesting! Her life was everyday normal life for a high society women. If someone were to read about our lives 100 years form now, they would probably be bored to tears. I think she wants the readers to see what Edna is going through and to feel for her- that she is not happy with her life.
As David this morning made a wonderful connection to The Lion King, I have a movie connection- Yippeee! Drumroll please............... Edna is similar to Rose- of Titanic! Both women are of high society and living around the same time period. Also, both women are oppressed; both feel the pressure of society expecting them to be a certain way. Edna, and Rose too, is unhappy with her life; her children, her husband, and as she calls her "Fate". She longs to have something else in her life and wants to break free from society. Rose is similar in the same ways too; she is unhappy with her engagment and wants something more that socials and dinner parties. There are some differences though. Edna, as of where i am in the novel, is just discovering that she can transform into someone else adn break away from what she knows. Rose, on the other hand, knows all along that she wants to break away, but is screaming for help from those around her. Another difference is that Edna is more proper and not as rebellious as Rose. As Edna states, she is uncomfortable expressing her emotions openly to Madame Ratignolle, and is unconfortable with improper interactions with the opposite sex- i.e. when Robert is flirting with her. Rose, in the film, openly rebells, smoking in public and mocking the men around her, like in the scene when she is dining with her mother, the guy who build the ship, etc. I hope that Edna will not be as psychotic as Rose; I hope she doesn't try to jump off a ship!

Yay, I wrote a shorter blog!!!! Spring Break is almost here!!!! Whoopeeee!! :)