This week in our book club for The Awakening we talked about Robert's weird character as he flirts with all the wives, Adele Ratignolle's "perfect" women characterizations, but mostly how she contrasts with the main character, Edna Pontellier, who consistently tries to shed her societal roles as a mother and wife. What stuck out to me the most though, was when Mrs. Feldkamp joined our book club and we started discussing about Edna's resentment for her kids. Edna has a maid who takes care of her kids for her, and it was stated multiple times in the story that she "forgot" about her children a lot. Mrs. Feldkamp was telling us how she read this book multiple times and how every time she see's the book in a different light, especially after having kids of her own. This struck a memory of a thought I had had just the year before. Last year in AP Lang we read The Great Gatsby , and to be honest I was a little underwhelmed. It was coveted to be ...
