There are so many rule and regulations of our society that we follow without questioning. It becomes the routine of our life and passes on from one generation to the next generation. However, the society demand change with time. Mostly, the change starts with younger generations who want to explore new way of life and challenge the customary rules of culture to seek freedom. Freedom highly motivates us to rebel against the authorities and do everything in our power to gain control of our life. Once people start questioning the norms of their society, they might not be able to see the change in their life time due to the conflicts as well as everyone going against the old customs. The perfect examples of the explorations of madness of a society
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The woman should follow the men in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and people should follow the rules of their community blindly of the society. The protagonist in “The Yellow Wallpaper” has external conflict with her husband, who is also her physician and treats her condition without considering her input: “He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction” (Gilman 86). This is the culture of that time when woman was considering being house wife who cooks, cleans, and raise children. She is prescribed a rest cute, believing that woman should not use their brain and rest her mind. The narrator follows her husband’s direction; however, knows what is best for her and secretly writes her journal. The eternal conflict is when she is unable to pretend the rest and becomes more depressed, and starts seeing herself as trapped behind the wallpaper. However, she feels that she has freedom from the bondage of her husband and rules of society by tearing down the wallpaper, “’I’ve got out at last…And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back’” (Gilman 400)! The conflict in “The Lottery” is also to follow the rules of the community without questioning. The external conflict occurs when the Hutchinson wins the lottery: “Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers, “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair’” (Jackson 260)! Tessie Hutchinson protest against the norms, The lottery which is usually symbolizes as wining of a price, but in this case, winner loses his/her life which is a superstition of the community. This is the example of madness to scarify a person for better crop which some people is questioning it; However, the Old Man Warner thinks that the tradition should be continue and disapprove of those: “Packs of Crazy fools” (Jackson 258), who wants to give up the
The woman should follow the men in “The Yellow Wallpaper” and people should follow the rules of their community blindly of the society. The protagonist in “The Yellow Wallpaper” has external conflict with her husband, who is also her physician and treats her condition without considering her input: “He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction” (Gilman 86). This is the culture of that time when woman was considering being house wife who cooks, cleans, and raise children. She is prescribed a rest cute, believing that woman should not use their brain and rest her mind. The narrator follows her husband’s direction; however, knows what is best for her and secretly writes her journal. The eternal conflict is when she is unable to pretend the rest and becomes more depressed, and starts seeing herself as trapped behind the wallpaper. However, she feels that she has freedom from the bondage of her husband and rules of society by tearing down the wallpaper, “’I’ve got out at last…And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back’” (Gilman 400)! The conflict in “The Lottery” is also to follow the rules of the community without questioning. The external conflict occurs when the Hutchinson wins the lottery: “Suddenly, Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers, “You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair’” (Jackson 260)! Tessie Hutchinson protest against the norms, The lottery which is usually symbolizes as wining of a price, but in this case, winner loses his/her life which is a superstition of the community. This is the example of madness to scarify a person for better crop which some people is questioning it; However, the Old Man Warner thinks that the tradition should be continue and disapprove of those: “Packs of Crazy fools” (Jackson 258), who wants to give up the