The Awakening by Kate Chopa explores one woman's desire to find and live fully within a true self in the decadent Victorian society. It depicts a women's struggle for personal emancipation in the oppressive society. The second subtopic is type of book that is a genre. The Awakening is a masterpiece dealing in psychological fiction, feminist fiction using realist techniques to depict the life of Edna, the protagonist to her own individuality and selfhood. Third the topic is the plot