American Realism- Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin is a female writer who has written, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" and "Lilacs". Her writting style is very simplistic ideas that are then elaborated on. She takes everyday things and goes into detail. It's almost like she's trying to get the reader to open their eyes to what's around them. You can really see the change in writing style.
Kate Chopin is introducing new themes to society as a whole. She comes off almost a little feminist in her writing. She focuses her two stories mainly around women. In this period of time women were becoming more outspoken. Chopin seems to be for this movement of women of becoming a greater part in society. She wants women to be more outspoken. Chopin is appaeling to women mostly throughout her writing.
As a modern day reader this is an example of women rising in the world. Her writings are expressing the modern day ideas women are fighting for. What drew me to this work was I was kind of bored with reading Mark twain and i've already read London's pieces. So i decided to chose between the women, and ended up picking Chopin.

"Once within the convent Adrienne's soft brown eyes moistened with tenderness as they dwelt caressingly upon the familiar objects about her, and noted the most trifling details. The white, bare boards of the floor had lost nothing of their luster. The stiff, wooden chairs, standing in rows against the walls of the hall and parlor, seemed to have taken on an extra polish sunce she had seen them, last lilac time. And there was a new picture of the Sacre-Coeur hanging over the hall table. What had they done with st. Catherine de Sienne, who had occupied that position of honor for so many years?..... Still wearing he garb of last spring, which looked almost dingy in contrast...."
In this passage you can clearly see chpins use of detail. Shes noticing all of the characters surroundeds. She's taking everyday things past and present and just writing.