John's Struggle In 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

Have you ever felt controlled or imprisoned by someone in your life? This story takes place in a colonial mansion or what Jane, the main character, refers to it as a haunted house. John, her husband, is too controlling and because of her sickness he doesn’t let her do anything, not even write. Jane wants to be free of John’s control and live her life the way she wants, not how he wants her to live it. After reading “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the conclusion has been made that John was not triumphant as he tried to make Jane well again, but Jane was triumphant as she freed herself of John’s control. John was trying to have his wife well again so they could go visit their cousins, but that never worked out. Truly, John didn’t seem to see Jane getting worse because he was so controlling. I think if John would have been less controlling, he would have noticed her getting worse and go her some help. Jane stated in the story, ”I thought it was a good time to talk, so I told him that i really was not gaining here, and that i wished he would take me away.” John probably would have been successful in making her better if he would have taken her out of that house like she was asking him to. …show more content…
Throughout this entire story Jane couldn’t think herself or do things herself without John telling her what to do.This story had kind of a twist ending as Jane sort of becomes the person she sees in the wallpaper. At the end of the story, when John gets home, he finds Jane in the room with all the wallpaper torn off the wall and she cries out to him, ”I’ve got out at last,” in spite of you and Jane? and I’ve pulled off most of the wallpaper so you can’t put me back!” She is kind of saying that she won’t go back “in the wallpaper” which is kind of saying figuratively that she will be free and no longer John’s prisoner or controlled by