Read the excerpt from chapter 20 of The Awakening. “How handsome Mrs. Pontellier looked!” said Madame Lebrun to her son. “Ravishing!” [Victor] admitted. “The city atmosphere has improved her. Some way she doesn’t seem like the same woman.” Which prediction is most likely based on the themes that have emerged so far in The Awakening? Mr. Pontellier will agree to his wife’s desire for independence because of the positive changes others notice in her. Mrs. Pontellier will become concerned about the changes people are noticing in her and go back to acting like her former self. Many people in Mrs. Pontellier’s life will begin to notice a transformation in her outward looks and behavior. Madame Lebrun will be uncomfortable the next time she sees Mrs. Pontellier because of Mrs. Pontellier’s changing nature.