Awakenings - UCONN Adult Learning Program
ALP ANNUAL MEETING 2025
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Attendance may be In-person or via Zoom

9:30 Registration for Luncheon
10:00 Keynote Speaker – Seabury Chapel or Zoom
11:00 Business Meeting – Seabury Chapel or Zoom
12:15 Luncheon – Seabury - Main Dining Room






Awakenings

The novel opens with a parrot and the husband… more about the parrot later.
First impressions of the husband vs. Robert LeBrun
First impressions of Mrs. Pontellier (Edna) vs. Mme Ratignolle
Edna’s Kentucky Presbyterian upbringing vs. the Creole culture she encounters during the summer.
The various “awakenings” she experiences.
First impressions of Mlle Reisz.
The lyrical interlude that occurs in chapter 6.
Other observations? Favorite line