Kate Chopin demonstrates her admiration for the beauty of nature many times in The Awakening. Because of this infatuation Chopin has with nature, we, as readers, will be able to better comprehend her personality as the characters in the novel, but also, we can understand her perspective as a writer and a person. “He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail’s pace from the beach. He could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water-oaks and across the stretch of yellow camomile. The gulf looked far away, melting hazily into the blue of the horizon” (Chopin 2). Through this quote, it can be recognized that Chopin gets her point across, as a writer, through her description of how nature is being seen by Mr. Pontellier. Also, by this description, we can tell that Chopin is extremely observative of the setting around her, and that, even though it may not be the main focus of the scene, she recognizes it and makes a point to express her recognition, because the beauty of nature is significant to her. “The sun was low in the west, and the breeze soft and languorous that came up from the south, charged with the conductive odor of the sea” (Chopin 16). Chopin takes a hiatus from the scene for only a moment, but in that moment, she once again expresses her recognition of the beauty of nature, using words such as ‘soft’ and ‘languorous’ to further express her satisfaction with her surroundings. These are just a couple of examples of this scenery motif.