Bopha speaks___(fluent) than her husband

edna is the protagonist of the novel, and the “awakening” to which who lives apart from her husband and children and is responsible only to her as a true confidante for edna despite their considerably different personalities. although robert lebrun is the man whom edna truly loves, arobin satisfies

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"