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After "The Awakening" was published in 1899, it was condemned for decades and even banned from libraries in St. Louis and other places. It began to receive attention in the 1950s and is now a classic American literary work, and has been adapted into opera singing. Some people point out that Kate Chopin, the author of "The Awakening", as a female writer, was even ahead of many male writers of her generation. She had no scruples in portraying a wife's unfaithfulness as a beautiful thing, and in this she was ahead of Lawrence. As far as creative art goes, this book was considered a masterpiece from the outset. In the 1950s, the famous scholar Brooks said that many prolific writers wrote less than this perfect novel in their lifetime.

Mrs. Mallard, who learned of her husband's death, was shocked to realize that she would regain her freedom in the years to come...

Kate Chopin married Oscar Chopin, a cotton merchant, in 1870. The two first lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, and then moved to a large farm to live with the French-speaking Acadians. After her husband's death in 1882, Chopin returned to St. Louis with her six children. Friends encouraged her to write. She published her first novel, "Guilty" when she was almost forty years old. The masterpiece "The Awakening" was written in 1899. However, because the novel depicts the awakening of the heroine's "sexual consciousness" in a sympathetic tone towards adultery, and boldly reveals her view of love in pursuit of extramarital affairs, the novel caused an uproar in the American literary world as soon as it was published, shocking book critics and readers across the United States.

The story of "Awakening" begins in Grand Island at the end of the 19th century. The heroine Edna Pontellier and her husband Lyons were on vacation here with their two children. Although her husband was kind to her, in essence, Lyons always treated Edna like "possessions." During her days on the island, Edna came into contact with Creoles (descendants of French and Spanish immigrants in the New Orleans area), which allowed Edna to learn how to express her emotions freely and rediscover the unrestrained feeling she had as a child. She formed a good companionship with Adele Ratignolle and Robert Le Brun, who were good wives and mothers. As time went by, the innocent relationship between Edna and Robert began to undergo subtle changes. Edna gradually realized her love for Robert and began to resist her husband's control over her. Edna and Robert went to church to worship, which can be said to be the highest point of their relationship. After that, Robert realized the impossibility of this relationship and left for Mexico. Edna was devastated after losing Robert. After returning to New Orleans, she began to immerse herself in painting, and gradually gave up her past lifestyle completely, moved into a small house, and declared herself independent. When the weather was good, she painted, and when the weather was bad, she would visit Miss Rice, a pianist she met on vacation in the Grande, who acted as a kind of mentor to Edna in her "awakening." During this period, Edna had an affair with a man named Arce Arobynn, but there was no love at all in their relationship. This relationship marks the awakening of Edna's sexuality.