Nora's Sin in The Awakening. In writing this article, I believe God has given me wings, strong wings, to help me fly above common literary conventions. The prophet Isaiah said, "[Those] who hope in the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall rise up with wings like eagles..." (Isaiah 40:31). Because I believe the Bible is the complete word of God, I must conclude that “The Awakening,” by Kate Chopin, “is not a wholesome book” (Culley 146). The truths presented in the Bible that lead me to this conclusion are as follows. “The Awakening” has a central message that runs counter to biblical Christianity, denying the authority of Christ and making it seem like people are basically animals and should be able to do whatever they want. It would be possible to argue that Kate Chopin is simply projecting that man is an animal with no moral obligations without including Christianity in the picture, but Kate Chopin made several attacks on Christianity in her fable, and her apparent obsession with tearing down Christianity opens. to biblical criticism. On two occasions, Chopin uses terms probably taken from the King James Version of the Bible, including the term for Christians as "the salt of the earth" and the "Holy Spirit". According to Chopin, Edna, lulled by the sea into deep self-contemplation, "received [from herself] perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Spirit is usually pleased to bestow on any woman" (Chopin 32). Why did Chopin have to involve the Holy Spirit in all this? The Holy Spirit, called the Holy Spirit in modern translation, is recognized as equal and one with God. He is using his twisted irony to imply that Edna's revival is a step beyond Christianity. The moral or ideal is projected onto the reader…into the center of the paper…a similar world he had never known” (Chopin 136). This rebirth, very different from Christian rebirth or salvation, is a statement that life is not worth living when you are just an animal. This is the awakening that is glorified by Kate Chopin, and it is not healthy. Works Cited: Chopin, Kate Walker, Nancy A. and Awakening Boston, NY Bedford Books by St. Martin's Press (c) 1993.Crowley, Aleister. Accessed via the World Wide Web: http://www.crl.com/~thelema/crowley .htmlCulley, Margaret Ed. The Awakening: An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism NY WW Norton, 1976. Nine Satanic Statements, The /cosstate.htmlThe King James Version of the Bible established in 1611. Bible Truth Publishers, Addison, Illinois. 1983.