Consider Edna Pontellier’s decision to pursue love and desire beyond her marriage in The Awakening. To what extent do you think the pressures of gender role expectations excuse, or fail to excuse, her affair with another man?

Prompt Response: Edna wants love and freedom because society expects women to only care for their husbands and love them at all times. Her affair shows that she is trying to follow her own path even though she is breaking society's rules. It doesn't completely excuse her affair either way because her actions also affect others.

Summary: Today in class I read the story Excerpts from "The Awakening" and "I don't Want A Wife".

Reflection: Today, I learned how society sees women and how women should act, but no matter what the society rules are, we shouldn't always have to follow them; we should be able to live how we want.

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