The central character, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, narrates through the struggles she faced during life as a woman. In this short story written in 1892, the character faces confinement, insanity, and societal class conflicts, due to the limited role in society she is given. Most husbands would go out of their way to fill the needs of their wives, but this is not John. John has made a life of his own by putting his wife in isolation. His wife is battling postpartum depression, and isolation is the last thing that she needs. This is a time when she needs her family the most, but John will not allow that. During the time of this short story being written, the beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage was taking place. It was called the Women’s
