The author said, “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin that I could see over” (Gilman “Why” 1). This relates back to the short story “Yellow Wallpaper”, when she says, “Such a peculiar odor, too! I have spent hours in trying to analyze it, to find what it smelled like” (Gilman “Yellow” 247). She also says, “ I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be admirable exercise, but the bars are too strong even to try” (Gilman “Yellow” 250). The first quote from the author portrays how she is losing her sanity bit by bit and the second quote illustrates how she has completely lost her sanity and even considering a suicide as a solution to what she was
The author said, “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin that I could see over” (Gilman “Why” 1). This relates back to the short story “Yellow Wallpaper”, when she says, “Such a peculiar odor, too! I have spent hours in trying to analyze it, to find what it smelled like” (Gilman “Yellow” 247). She also says, “ I am getting angry enough to do something desperate. To jump out of the window would be admirable exercise, but the bars are too strong even to try” (Gilman “Yellow” 250). The first quote from the author portrays how she is losing her sanity bit by bit and the second quote illustrates how she has completely lost her sanity and even considering a suicide as a solution to what she was