While reading The Awakening by Kate Chopin I've noticed a relationship between Mrs. Pontellier and Monsieur Ratignolle beginning to develop. Earlier when Monsieur Ratignolle and Mrs. Pontellier were introduced to each other I noticed a special bond starting to form. “danced twice with her Husband, once with Robert, and one with Monsieur Ratignolle” (Chopin 33) this was really the moment where I started to realize the relationship between them. This may be hidden in The Awakening for many reasons. For example, at the time that this was written any kind of homosexuality was frowned upon and was seen as something that was out of the normal. This is one of the reason why I think that this book is very modern. The Awakening is very modern because if you look at today homosexaulitity is looked at as something normal and it really isnt frowned on.