Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Yellow Wall Paper

This story was very strange and confusing. Not really confusing but more like what is going on? At first i felt bad for Johns wife. I felt like John was stifling her and keeping her caged up like a crazy person. I felt that he was taking the easy way out, that he didn't want to deal with her or put up with any of her "lunacy", which I thought she did not even have. However once the story progressed and we saw her true character come out I started to see that maybe she was a little crazy. I don't think she was crazy to the extent that they had to keep her caged in a room in fact i think it was the room and the fact that she was cooped up in there that made her rip the wallpaper and try and break free. When she tried to rip the wallpaper I was so confused at to what she was doing and who she thought was behind there, and when she ripped it and broke free I commended her felt happy for her that she escaped the cruel clutches of her husband and sister in law.

1 comment:

  1. yes-but try not to write her off as simply crazy--consider the kinds of social/cultural conflicts that the events of the story may symbolize (in terms of gender relationships, esp. with Chopin in view, and the limits of a medical/scientific worldview, etc.)--see my comments on the class blog (select "older posts" and scroll down...)

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