Mrs. Pontellier, as seen in previous chapters, lacks a relationship with her children. There could be multiple causes for this, and one may be she simply just is not able to. Some people are not cut out to be parents, for lack of a better term. "Mrs. Pontellier made them carry her paints and things into the house. She sought to detain them for a little talk and some pleasantry. But they were greatly in earnest. They had only come to investigate the contents of the bonbon box. They accepted without murmuring what she told to give to them..." (Chopin, 16). As seen here Mrs. Pontellier tries to have a conversation with her children, she tries to form some kind of relation or some kind of compatibility with them, but it seems almost impossible. It could be possible if it were another person. The children seem to be able to form a great relationship with thier nanny. It is also possible that Mrs. Pontellier never spent enough time with the children when they were young thus never building up this relationship
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There is definitely miscommunication between Edna and her children. I feel she should have never become a mother. She clearly has no interest in parenting her sons.
ReplyDeleteI think that Edna doesn't really want to try to be a better mother. I don't think that she cared enough when they were younger and more impressionable. This effects how they feel now and they don't really want anything to do with her.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of things that could have caused the bad relationship with her children though, not the only reason being she seems to not want to be a mother. One of these reasons is; maybe those children weren't planned, or maybe the lack of love in her relationship could cause her to not want to father his children. If it were me and I had kids with someone I didn't like, I probably wouldn't want him to be in my kids life, and the fact that she can't leave and that they may look like him, could be a reasonable explanation as to why they don't have the greatest relationship. I feel like all the people in the household have an understanding because most of them listen to one another and have some respect for each other aswell
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of things that could have caused the bad relationship with her children though, not the only reason being she seems to not want to be a mother. One of these reasons is; maybe those children weren't planned, or maybe the lack of love in her relationship could cause her to not want to father his children. If it were me and I had kids with someone I didn't like, I probably wouldn't want him to be in my kids life, and the fact that she can't leave and that they may look like him, could be a reasonable explanation as to why they don't have the greatest relationship. I feel like all the people in the household have an understanding because most of them listen to one another and have some respect for each other aswell
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