During these particular chapters of The Awakening, Edna brings another man into her life. His name is Arobin. Edna and Arobin hold hands and eventually kiss, but that is not what Edna really wants. Her sexual feelings come into play and that is mainly why the kiss happens. Because Robert has left and she loves him so much, she has basically gotten in the mind set that some man has to fulfill her sexual wants. This is basically why Arobin is around. Chopin says, "It was the first kiss of her life to which her nature had finally responded. It was a flaming torch that kindled desire" (112).
Chapter 28 is only one paragraph long. In this paragraph, Chopin says, "She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality" (113). In this chapter, Edna is just sitting and crying the night that Arobin left. She feels somewhat guilty because she notices all the "external things" that Mr. Pointellier has got her. However, she does not regret what she has done with Arobin. It only makes her feel that her love for Robert is "a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him" (Chopin, 113).
In chapter 29, Edna moves into the pigeon house. I believe this ties to the bird imagery that we have been hearing about throughout the story since the first page of the book. She has moved because she is still trying to show some sense of independency. It seems like she just wants to be able to have something that she has because she got it herself, not because her husband got it for her.
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