In 1890 she published her first novel: At Fault. Her early work was influenced by her favorite writers: Guy de Maupassant, Alphonse Daudet, and Molière. She wrote several more novels and short stories, with her most famous (and also most controversial) being: The Awakening. After publishing The Awakening “Chopin’s career was ruined by the critical and public reaction, she had difficulties finding publishers for later works and was ousted from local library groups.”i (Poupard, 1985) On August 20th 1904 Kate Chopin suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while she was at a fair. On August 21st she went unconscious and died the next day.
(Ewell) Kate experienced much loss at a young age, three of her family members died by the time she was thirteen. The first death was of her father on November 1st, 1855 from a train accident leaving her mother to raise the children with the help of Kate’s grandmother and great grandmother. When she was thirteen, her great grandmother and half brother passed away a month apart. Her great grandmother was rumored to be a great influence on her from her story telling and encouragement. (Ewell) During her school years Chopin attended St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart, there she was encouraged to write and express herself.
In 1931 Earl little’s body was found lying across train tracks with the back of his head smashed in. The police ruled his father’s death as an accident. The family was outraged. Louise Little was committed to a mental institution several years later after Earl’s death due to a nervous breakdown. All the children were split up in foster homes and orphanages.
My stepmother threw me out of the house when I was 18 after I stayed out too late one night. I had a good friend in high school who unfortunately committed suicide. I was quite close to her, and felt a terrible loss after she had passed away. After my stepmother had thrown me out of the house, I went to live with the mother of my friend whom had committed suicide. April and I have had a tight bond with each other up until recently.
Then over the weekend there was a terrible accident and Fred and Feonia died. Marguerite could not get Francine to calm down but then after three hours of being upset Francine calmed down. They buried her parents on the Monday of November 1,
To understand Kate Chopin’s identity and true meaning behind her work, you must first look at where she came from. She was born in 1850 in Missouri and was the only child of five to live past the age of twenty. When she was 5, her father died and Kate lived with her Mother, Grandmother, and her great-grandmother, all of whom were widows. As a child she went to a Catholic boarding school that was run by nuns. Kate grew up around several smart, independent, single women.
Danger of Ignorance by Kantapan Ratchapon An abstract idea as ignorance is widely used as a theme in many literary works involved with religious or politics. An Enemy of People (1882) written by Henrik Ibsen is a play about politics and social issue as corruption related with ignorance of people. Ignorance can be viewed as an infected disease spreading widely throughout the town. The ignorance, as a consequence, obstructs the town from any developments. Besides, all kind of illegal or immoral activities would remain and root deeply in the society if most of citizens are ignorance.
Dear Editor: Censorship in public libraries is inconsiderable, unreasonable, and absurd. It must be eliminated from the minds of our town council. If a book is not acceptable for patrons under eighteen, I feel either the patron’s parents or the patron himself should decide so. The town council and the public library have no idea whether a patron is responsible enough to read a book with possible adult themes. Censorship is also ridiculous because most classic novels involve questionable language, or somewhat violent material.
People must listen to criticism first before deciding to use it in their life. J.K. Rowling, a famous author who wrote the Harry Potter series, was not so successful at first. She was rejected by 12 publishers, and took longer than a year for her books to be published. The publishers that rejected her told Rowling that her that she needed to give up because her books were bland and unoriginal. Rowling listened to criticism and then brushed it off, she kept on looking for a publisher, and eventually found one.
Chopin was the only child in the family to outlive her brothers and sisters and her father’s death. She was in close relationship with her mother and grandmother. She got married when she was 20 and by the age of 28 she had her six children. But her life was full of severities, her husband died very early and left her more then 12 000 dollars debt. Then her mother died too.