1. KATE CHOPIN By Megan Waterhouse

2. Kate Chopin: Capturing her Audience She was a controversial writer. Her work was greatly criticized in her time period. She stood up for womens rights. She had powerful, often surprising, endings. Her stories were a perfect representation of historical fiction.

3. A Feminist Kate Chopin was brave to write about womens rights in her time period. A majority of her stories are pointing out how women need to have a soul. With men dominating the society, she knew some women were being held back by there husbands. She was fighting for equality between men and women.

4. Literary Criticism Her novel, The Awakening, was not very popular at first because of the amount of controversy in it. Critics widely condemned it, calling it tasteless and disagreeable. Chopin didnt write another novel but continued to publish short stories regarding womens rights. Her novel was out of print for several decades because of the backlash but is now known for its importance and quality in early feminism.

5. Intriguing endings People were very interested in how her stories ended. You would just be left shocked. This made you want to re-read the story and pick up on hints you didnt before. Not only did the whole story send a message but the ending is what pulled the story together.

6. Historical Fiction Many of Kate Chopins stories are written about her time period. She includes social manners and prejudices of her time period (late 1800s).

7. Works Cited Wyatt, Neal . "Biography of Kate Chopin." Biography of Kate Chopin. N.p., 1 Jan. 1995. Web. 16 July 2014. . "Kate ChopinBiography." Biography, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, The Storm, stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2014. .