“The Awakening” is a novel that centers around Edna, a woman who struggles between being a mother and her views on femininity. The 6th paragraph shows the society that the characters of the text are inserted in (1899 American South) and the rules of that society.
The character of Edna doesn’t have a fullfiled life just taking care of her children. Her husband plays the part of the society’s opinion, saying that men and women had specific roles in the family, the man was responsible to bring money home and women were responsible to raise the children.
The structure of this paragraph also shows subtlety the opinions of society and the roles she is not playing correctly, for example: "He talked in a monotonous, insistent way.” This passage shows the way society has told her and everybody around her what her place should be.