"You have been a very, very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible
things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier
setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr.
Pontellier's possessions to dispose of or not. I
give myself where I choose. If he were to say,
*Here, Robert, take her and be happy; she is
yours, I should laugh at you both."
-The Awakening,
Kate Chopin
What themes are developed through this
quotation? Check the two best answers.
Society and culture often pressure women to
fit a certain image or fill a specific role,
Individuals require solitude to discover their
true selves.
LED The needs and demands of others prevent
individuals from being true to themselves.
RETRY

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;