Kate Chopin Controversy

Feminism, a word full of misconceptions, feminism is not the right for power; it is about the fight to bring women up to the same pedestal as men. One of the most prominent female writers is, Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin is said to be the women who paved the way for future female writers, because of her recurring themes on feminist related issues. Her writings are mostly influenced by her background of being surrounded by women, and what issues she witnessed on women's inequality.. Kate Chopin didn't not have a painless childhood, Kate Chopin was born in Saint Louis, Missouri on February eighth in eighteen fifty one. She was the daughter of Irishman Thomas O’Flaherty and french women Aliza Faris; they had two other daughters who unfortunately

Kate only wrote three poems: By The Meadow Gate and To the Friend of My youth: To Kitty (which was written about her best friend from boarding school kitty who she unfortunately lost contact with) and It Might Be Me. Her career as a poet was far from successful, but her career really started to take off, when she started writing novels and short stories. She wrote two collections of short stories Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie Kate Chopin's short story “Désirées Baby” is the story that was truly inspiring to women In her portrayal of Desiree, a woman whose self-worth and self-exploration is intrinsically linked to that of her husband, Chopin opened the door to her lifelong query into a woman's struggle for a place where she could fully belong. Critics today find "Desiree's Baby'' a rich text filled with universal themes and careful authorial technique” (Short Stories for Students -Déserée’s Baby 79). The favorable criticism the story received led to it being published in Vogue magazine along with more of Kate

At Fault was rejected by the first publisher Kate worked with, however the novel was later published by a Saint Louis publication company. When the novel was first released the reviews were mixed some contained favorable remarks about the humor, the characterization and the detailed descriptions (davis 26), however today's critics have been less approving of the novel critics have said “the novel as a whole shows that she was not ready for the longer forms of fiction,” but the small amount of harsh criticism had nothing on Kate Chopin, she looked at the praise she received from the novel and continued to right. After she wrote At Fault Kate started writing her second novel, Young Dr. Goose. Right after she completed the novel it was sent off to publishers, unfortunately nobody was interested in the book, and soon after Kate Chopin destroyed it. After the flop of her second novel, Kate went back to writing short stories were she knew she could be successful. Although her novels were no where near as good as her short stories she refused to settle, for only short stories. She was determined to write at least one successful novel, and she did exactly