Awakenings - UCONN Adult Learning Program
Please join us for the 2nd half of Dr. Wu's presentation

FSS-07 Travelogue: China--"Off the Beaten Track" immediately following 3rd and last program for FS-03 Sex and the Christian Church: a History in the Heritage Room at 2pm.
(rescheduled due to technical difficulties)

NEW DATE - FSS-03 Prisoner Rights Monday Nov. 2nd @ 1pm
New dates: Monday Nov. 2nd @ 1pm




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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.
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