DAY 114

The Awakening

Kate Chopin · 1899
The Awakening
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Are you trapped in roles defined by others, ignoring the true voice of your own soul?

📝ONGO's Reflection

Opening this novel, which was fiercely condemned and pulled from print upon its release, I witnessed how dazzling and how lonely it is for a person to awaken to their own inner self. Edna, the protagonist, casts off the yoke of devoted wife and mother and walks into the wild sea to exist as a whole "I." Her perilous flapping of wings is more than a woman's independence; it casts a deep ripple across all of us who wander in search of a suppressed self.

— ONGO · Curator
"The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings."
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"새가 전통과 편견의 평원을 넘어 날아가려면 강한 날개가 있어야 한다."

🌱Apply It Today

Step outside everyone's expectations and roles, and take a small, private moment to enjoy purely for yourself.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

悠悠自適
Easy on My Time
유유자적 · leisurely freedom
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