Short Story Of The Yellow Wallpaper

The mom stopped scolding the toddler for chewing on the walls when she noticed that the toddler had discovered a book typed into the wallpaper. Who had put it there? And what story did it tell? The mother was stunned when she looked at the wallpaper. As she started to peel back the wallpaper, pages and pages were revealed. After all the pages were retrieved and the walls were bare she started to take a closer look at the pages. She found out that the pages were out of order so she quickly organized them. As she started to read she wondered who could have put the story behind the wall of what tell would it tell. As she read the story, it told a tale about her great grandfather that was missing for years. The more she read the …show more content…
The very last page was very strange. The only thing that it stated was “wallpaper”. She figured that this was just stating what she had already discovered. She did not know much about moonshiners. She decided that she would do some research on what it was that her great grandfather was doing and why he was doing it. In that day and time it was illegal and a way for outlaws to make money. At first, she was wondering why her great grandfather was into something illegal. She could not comprehend how she could have an outlaw in the family. She started to wonder if that was the reason why he did not have much to do with his family, or if the family was ashamed of him and shunned him. None the less, she wanted to follow the clues to his disappearance. After she gathered her information and the history she needed, she decided that it was time to follow the clues left behind and reconnect with a part of her family history that had been forgotten. As she was preparing for the journey her mother called her back. She let her daughter know that the house she is living in was built by her great grandfather and that was the last time that anyone in the family had ever seen or heard from