Awakening research paper
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In Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening (1889), there are several different kinds of rhetorical devices: symbolism of color, understanding of viewpoints, and uses of themes are just some of the many. These all help the reader to understand Chopin's theme about life.
Chopin uses color to help the reader to better understand the mood. For instance when Edna goes to New Orleans she notices "a small, leafy corner with a few green tables under the orange trees." (Chopin 86). This quote paints an image on the canvas of the reader's mind. With bright colors like the orange of trees, and the lush sound of green tables, the reader can also derive the fact that it is probably the daytime and in a Summer or Spring related month. Chopin "appeals to all of the reader's senses, and her descriptions are delicate impressionable touches on her canvas of New Orleans and Grand Isle." (May 189). A story or novel without colors or descriptions is as dry as a saltine cracker...