Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Awakening Chapter 2
- Robert Lebrun
- Sort of free-spirited & lively man
- His dream is to go to Mexico for fortune, but he stays at Grande Isle with a modest job & his mother
- He talks about himself a lot because he is young
- "He was very young, and did not know any better."
- Seems to be a boast & inexperienced young man
- Edna Pontellier
- Talked about herself for the same reasons that Robert had
- Edna is an American Woman in a place of Creole culture
- Creole culture consists of those of French ancestry, usually of mixed people (European & Black)
- Differences between Man & Woman
- Robert is a young man in the 1800s, free to chase his dreams
- Americans such as Edna are usually seen to have traits like Robert
- Americans are seen as those who chase their dreams, are bold & independent
- Edna will most likely not be seen well by the public if she followed the image of an American