A life filled with dissatisfaction often leads to changes. In the book, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Pontellier, the protagonist, doesn’t own a life with happiness and her desires. These circumstances get her to think and develop new ideas and perspectives that boost her to progress with her own life style. This surrounds her with unhappiness that soon becomes more intense within her. Throughout the book, Edna changes to be more aware of …showed first 75 words of 613 total…

…showed last 75 words of 613 total…she lived and brought a new spark of light of excitement to her. Edna changed her whole life for her beliefs and transformed herself into a person with total control over her life. In the end, she dies knowing that she was happy for a moment in her life. Edna wanted her own mind and her own life; she changed several things about her including her attitude but overall she changed her style of thinking.