The First of Many Blogs

Bird imagery.. well let's see. The novel starts out with it! This particular bird seems to be a little misunderstood. Chopin's style is interesting... she writes with much description in some places and hardly any at all in others. These first four chapters are spend largely on introducing the characters. We are first introduced to Edna, the main character. She stands apart from the others in the fact that she is an American and not a Creole. In this way the reader is provided with a both her American view and a view of the Creole society. Edna is not a typical woman of her time in the fact that she is not a "mother woman." She does not see the need to make her children the focal point of her life. While Mr. Pontellier is "the best husband she could have" she isn't very happy. Maybe she doesn't want to be married at all.