2. Kate Chopin: Capturing her Audience She was a controversial
writer. Her work was greatly criticized in her time period. She
stood up for womens rights. She had powerful, often surprising,
endings. Her stories were a perfect representation of historical
fiction.
3. A Feminist Kate Chopin was brave to write about womens
rights in her time period. A majority of her stories are pointing
out how women need to have a soul. With men dominating the society,
she knew some women were being held back by there husbands. She was
fighting for equality between men and women.
4. Literary Criticism Her novel, The Awakening, was not very
popular at first because of the amount of controversy in it.
Critics widely condemned it, calling it tasteless and disagreeable.
Chopin didnt write another novel but continued to publish short
stories regarding womens rights. Her novel was out of print for
several decades because of the backlash but is now known for its
importance and quality in early feminism.
5. Intriguing endings People were very interested in how her
stories ended. You would just be left shocked. This made you want
to re-read the story and pick up on hints you didnt before. Not
only did the whole story send a message but the ending is what
pulled the story together.
6. Historical Fiction Many of Kate Chopins stories are written
about her time period. She includes social manners and prejudices
of her time period (late 1800s).
7. Works Cited Wyatt, Neal . "Biography of Kate Chopin."
Biography of Kate Chopin. N.p., 1 Jan. 1995. Web. 16 July 2014. .
"Kate ChopinBiography." Biography, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, The
Storm, stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2014. .