In the Awakening, by Kate Chopin, Edna Pontellier is a married woman with children. However many of her actions seem like those of a child. In fact, Edna Pontelliers”¦ life is an irony, in that her immaturity allows her to mature. Throughout this novel, there are many examples of this because Edna is continuously searching for herself in the novel. One example of how Edna”¦s immaturity allows her to mature is when she starts to cry when LeƒVonce, her husband, says she is not a good mother. ”§He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother”¦s place to look aft....

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