3rd Quarter SSR

The book I read for our third quarter SSR is The Awakening  by Kate Chopin. In the beginning, when I first started reading this book, it seemed as if it would have some kind of twisted romantic fairy tale ending for Edna, wife of Pontellier. Edna was your typical housewife with two kids Etienne and Raoul, she would stay home, cook and clean. One summer her and her family were on vacation in Grande Isle , and while she was there she noticed that she was receiving a lot of attention from younger men. This kind of sparked an interest in her to explore younger men a little bit more because she was getting bored of her cookie cutter life, and being known as the perfect wife back in Orlando where she lived. Her husband had to leave the vacation about a month before the rest of the family because he had a work related call. Edna Started meeting and going on dates with men when he left, but there was only one man she went on more than one date with, his name was Robert. She was head over heals for him and ended up having an affair with him. Not long after they both showed interest in each other, they both claimed their love for one another. Shorty after that, Edna had to leave for a sudden trip back home because her friend Adele was having her baby. But when she got back, Robert was no longer there. He had left her a note at the beach house telling her how he needed to leave for Mexico. This left Edna heart broken because he hadn't given her any notice that he was leaving, she fell into a very depressed state. She ends up having another little fling with a man named Aclee, she did not love him, but she felt she was having exciting sex. Robert returned sudden, and when he came back they made out passionately, however right after that he told her that he had to leave and that he could no longer be with her because he loved her too much. She was again heart broken and she felt extremely lonely. She decided to go for a swim and when she was out there by her self her limbs started to weaken and she just let her self go without a fight. She drowned. I enjoyed reading this book, because I personally like romances, so I would recommend this book to you if you like those kinds of books. That is one reason why I think this book will still be read by many people 100 years from now, because romances never get old for people. No matter how advanced we get, people will always be interested in romantic things. Also, I was into it from the beginning all the to the end, and I didn't lose interest not once.