John Ames Mitchell

her time period. There are many details in the story that show that the narrator/wife is the lowest segment in the society of that time period, and they knew it too. In the beginning of the story, she points out the imbalance in her marriage: “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage” (216). The…

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones and A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews are both novels focused on young girls going though traumatic situations. Matilda from Mister Pip is a young girl living on an island plaugued by a civil war. Matilda is a smart young woman whose imagination was stunted due to the conflict that surrounded her. These conflicts began a short list of trauma-induced mental illnesses which stunted her mental growth and changed her identity. Nomi from Miriam Toews book A Complicated…

The “yellow wallpaper” by charlotte Gilman and “ the metamorphosis “ by franz kafka has a comparison of the two narrators that are confused, and trapped by horrible conditions. “The yellow wall paper” is about a wife who suffers from a nervous disorder.“ the metamorphosis” is about a guy named gregor who has transformed into a bug. Both short stories express the narrator feeling left from our society and trapped without any help. “The yellow wallpaper” by charlotte Gilman the…

The narrator uses imagery in this passage when describing the room and the yellow wallpaper. When describing the yellow wallpaper the narrator describes it as, “ the color is repellent, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the unclean yellow strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.”(Stetson 649) She relates the wallpaper to a school, this helps the reader have a better connection to the image she is analyzing. “ The paint and paper look as if a boys school had…

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” are two well known short stories of the 1800’s that incorporate qualities of similarities and differences. These two short stories are full of tradition, and the oppression over women’s rights while also focusing on how and why a woman changed from loneliness to madness. Solitude is forced upon both women due to the era and the men in their lives. Emily’s father stops her from finding partners while,…

In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the unnamed narrator (often identifies as Jane) suffers from depression. Jane lives with her husband, John, in a secluded home with John’s sister, and the couple’s newborn son, whom Jane is not allowed to see. She is kept in the upstairs nursery and is not allowed to leave their home. Jane begins to see figures within the yellow wallpaper and soon becomes fixated on the “woman” that lives in it. The story describes a woman, Jane, with…

Not Negotiable: Trident Security Book 3.5 Shelby Whitman beat cancer several years ago, but the resulting physical and emotional damage left her feeling like less than a real woman. The comfort she found in the BDSM community brightened her world again, however, she kept the Doms at a distance. Play was fine. Relationships were not. And that was fine until Master Parker caught her eye. Now, her cancer has returned and she refuses to be a burden to anyone...especially the one man who has…

Throughout its 239 years of independence, the United States of America has experienced peace, war, and just about everything in between. American culture has evolved significantly since the 18th century, and nothing more effectively represents its centuries of triumphs and tragedies than the literature of American authors. Specifically through short stories, these authors discuss both personal and societal concerns of their times, and simultaneously interweave themes of life, love, and happiness…

In my opinion, the narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper" seems to be haunted. There are many reasons in the story that gives proof that the narrator is possessed. One of the reasons I think so is that the house she was being possessed in hasn't had a single owner in a long while. Another reason is that she starts behaving animal like and savagely. Another reason is that she tells her husband that she feels sick but instead of helping he pretends that it’s nothing to worry about. Furthermore, the…

“I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it alone and talk about the house.” (page 75) John and her moved to the ‘summer house’ which very well could have been described as a jail because of the isolation. Not only was she isolated from the outside world…