Read the excerpt from the awakening, by kate chopin. he was returning to the city to his business, and they would not see him again at the island till the coming saturday. he had regained his composure, which seemed to have been somewhat impaired the night before. he was eager to be gone, as he looked forward to a lively week in carondelet street. mr. pontellier gave his wife half of the money which he had brought away from klein's hotel the evening before. she liked money as well as most women, and accepted it with no little satisfaction. how does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context?