... a person constantly reads books that have the same type of theme, they will most likely start to look for things related to what they're reading in their books, in their everyday lives. People love reading, but diving into books too deeply and thriving over the subjects in the text can definitely be dangerous. In, "Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert, the ways in which Emma was affected by ... the tales of romance and utopias that she read ... , so she was bound to follow her mind with her actions. A book can completely change anybody's mind if done the right way. Emma was naive, which ...

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... heroine Edna Pontellier follows her heart, moving out of her husband's house and choosing love and passion over cold tradition. She commits suicide at the end to avoid a life of emptiness. In the time before women's emancipation, the theme of a young woman's sexual and artistic growth sparked a national uproar. The St. Louis Republic roared that the book committed "unutterable crimes against polite society" and ... "should be labeled `poison.'" Scores of critics joined in, warning mothers not to let ... our reviewer--have been much kinder to The Awakening, one calling it "probably as ne...

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• Grade Level: High School