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The Power of Realization and Self-Discovery in 'The Awakening' and 'Hope is Rewarded', Summaries of English Language

The themes of realization, self-discovery, and the human condition in kate chopin's 'the awakening' and o. Henry's 'hope is rewarded'. The texts depict characters who come to terms with their past, their prejudices, and their place in the world. Through their experiences, they learn valuable lessons about love, independence, and the importance of looking beyond appearances. The document also touches upon the use of pathos and the creation of a sense of menace and threat in these stories.

What you will learn

  • How does the theme of realization and self-discovery play out in 'The Awakening' and 'Hope is Rewarded'?
  • How does the use of pathos contribute to the overall impact of these stories?
  • What valuable lessons do the characters in these stories learn about love, independence, and human nature?

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As she walked along the street and looked in the gutter, she realized
facemasks had become the new cigarette butts.
“As Edna walked along the street she was thinking of Robert. She was still under the spell of
her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the
thought of him was like an obsession” (Chopin 71). In the end, Edna realizes she cannot
have both independence and true love.
He has to fight off another bum for cigarette butt once it is dropped. The final example of
pathos is in “Hope is Rewarded.” The little tramp has just got out of prison and because of
the tramp’s generous contribution nine months earlier the girl and her grandmother now
own a flower shop and the girl has had her sight restored with an operation. Defeated by the
prison experience, the little tramp slowly walks along the town’s streets looking for the
flower girl at her normal sidewalk location.
And, at the other is a cigarette butt that feels like the real cigarette but. The cigarette butt
which enters the smokers’ mouth has been filled with medicine. This medicine tastes and
smells like a real cigarette smoke. However, The best advantage about this cigarette is that
the smoker does not cut his habit of smoking entirely.
Daddy’s into feet! And she looked at the blushing woman on her couch and suddenly
realized that her mother had trod through the same universe that she herself was now
traveling. Kiswana was breaking no new trails and would eventually end up just two feet
away on that couch. She stared at the woman she had been and was to become.” She learns
that she is more like her mother than she ever imagined.
She gets on the bus and as it starts moving, she urges herself to look back at him and
challenge her prejudices, but thinking of the society and worrying about how unacceptable
it would seem she can’t succeed and doesn’t look back while the man picks up the cigarette
from the gutter. During this short story there is always this feeling of menace and some kind
of threat which is created by the blackout and the odd conversation between the two. This
feeling is created especially at the beggining, introduction of the story when the blackout
and the loneliness were being described by Mais.
At this point the maturity is shown and she has just applied one of the lessons, thanks to
Boo Radley. She realizes that Boo has never actually harmed someone (opposite to the
rumors) and has done nothing but looked out for her. She now realizes that people can be
mockingbirds too. At the very end of the novel, when Scout walks Boo home across the
street, she is standing on his porch.
She then walks by some homeless people standing around a fire. Even the homeless people
have something to keep them warm. Then she walks past a bouncer who is leering at her.
The man is about 40 and she is about 10 and there is a sign near him saying “girls”. She then
walks past a gutter with syringes in and a man who looks drugged up.

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As she walked along the street and looked in the gutter, she realized

facemasks had become the new cigarette butts.

“As Edna walked along the street she was thinking of Robert. She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession” (Chopin 71). In the end, Edna realizes she cannot have both independence and true love. He has to fight off another bum for cigarette butt once it is dropped. The final example of pathos is in “Hope is Rewarded.” The little tramp has just got out of prison and because of the tramp’s generous contribution nine months earlier the girl and her grandmother now own a flower shop and the girl has had her sight restored with an operation. Defeated by the prison experience, the little tramp slowly walks along the town’s streets looking for the flower girl at her normal sidewalk location. And, at the other is a cigarette butt that feels like the real cigarette but. The cigarette butt which enters the smokers’ mouth has been filled with medicine. This medicine tastes and smells like a real cigarette smoke. However, The best advantage about this cigarette is that the smoker does not cut his habit of smoking entirely. Daddy’s into feet! And she looked at the blushing woman on her couch and suddenly realized that her mother had trod through the same universe that she herself was now traveling. Kiswana was breaking no new trails and would eventually end up just two feet away on that couch. She stared at the woman she had been and was to become.” She learns that she is more like her mother than she ever imagined. She gets on the bus and as it starts moving, she urges herself to look back at him and challenge her prejudices, but thinking of the society and worrying about how unacceptable it would seem she can’t succeed and doesn’t look back while the man picks up the cigarette from the gutter. During this short story there is always this feeling of menace and some kind of threat which is created by the blackout and the odd conversation between the two. This feeling is created especially at the beggining, introduction of the story when the blackout and the loneliness were being described by Mais. At this point the maturity is shown and she has just applied one of the lessons, thanks to Boo Radley. She realizes that Boo has never actually harmed someone (opposite to the rumors) and has done nothing but looked out for her. She now realizes that people can be mockingbirds too. At the very end of the novel, when Scout walks Boo home across the street, she is standing on his porch. She then walks by some homeless people standing around a fire. Even the homeless people have something to keep them warm. Then she walks past a bouncer who is leering at her. The man is about 40 and she is about 10 and there is a sign near him saying “girls”. She then walks past a gutter with syringes in and a man who looks drugged up.