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"The Yellow Wallpaper" |
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This story was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
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A personal outlook of this story by Katrina |
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Ways I Think it Should End |
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The Major Themes |
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-Gender Roles
-Insanity
-Old Remidies
-Isolation
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1. The Narrator leaves John and suddenly her illness is cured, and she has a very romantic, happy life where she is treated equally.
2. John realizes what he has done is no good. So he takes Jane out on a long vacation with their child and they become a happy family once again.
3. Mary and John run away together, (because they have been having an affair the whole time) and they leave Jane to crawl around the room forever until she dies.
4. Jane soon realizes what she is doing, she runs away with her child and starts the 1st feminist group, divorces John and sees finally how happy she can be without trying to please someone all the time. |
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What I Thought of the Story |
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I thought it was really absract. I really got into it, and there are a lot of questions that I want answered. I wish that I could talk to the author to find out if Jane is the Narrator. What she thinks would happen after the story ends. And whether or not Jane and John had a happy marriage. |
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How I Think the Story Would Have Been Different If Told by John |
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Some Important Quotes from the Story |
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"John is a physician, and perhaps --(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind) --perhaps that is one reason that I do not get well faster." -Jane
"I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her!...But I am securely fastened now by my well-hidden rope..." -Jane
"What is it, little girl?...Don't go walking about like that--you'll get cold" -John to Jane
"The repairs are not done at home, and I cannot possibly leave town just now. Of course if you were in any danger, I could and would, but you really are better, dear, whether you can see it or not. I am a doctor, dear, and I know. You are gaining flesh and color, your appetite is better, I feel really much easier about you." -John to Jane |
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I think this story would have been interesting if there was another version written by John, the narrators husband. It would have been really great to see what he was seeing and see it from a sane point of view, so we know we got the real facts. I would have liked to know whether or not he believed that Jane was actually sick. I also would have liked to see what he was thinking at certain points like when he started to first notice her obsession with the wallpaper. Or also what he was thinking when he walked in on her chewing the bed post and creeping around the room. I wonder if he noticed the bed post had been chewed on, and what he thought if he did. |
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