Kendrick Perkins

Emily Dickinson and Charlotte Gilman Perkins characters in their poems are both being challenged to keep forces out and away from others so they can be alone with their thoughts and secrets. However, they both differ in their reasoning, motives and strategies. The study of these to works will reveal the differences in their methods to achieve their goals. At first glance, Dickinson and Perkins are both capable of having and keeping secrets in common. They both revere their independence and…

Addiction From my understanding the author’s main idea is that he/she is addicted to a woman. The purpose of this essay is for the author to inform the reader of his/her feelings towards the woman described in the essay. I believe the author is telling the reader how he feels about the woman to boast about her and to describe her. This paper is not clear on when the introduction stops, the whole essay seems to merge together.However, I wanted to continue reading due to the fact that the author…

Exploring Patterns and Molds as a Creative Person Most readers would argue that the conflict in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper” is created by the incorrect diagnosis and cure for the narrator’s nervous depression. A surface understanding of the story might suggest that the conflict comes from the physical state of being that the narrator finds herself in- she is often overly weary. However, when taking a closer look at the time period and the implications in the text into…

In the "Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the villain I would think would be the narrator's husband, John. His characteristics would be described as practical, authoritative, and selfish. He is always about the book and rules when it comes to his wife's depression treatment. Especially being her physician, but he loves his wife and is trying to help even though it doesn’t come off that way. John is a practical male behavior when it comes to his wife. He goes by the book on how to…

An Inactive Mind Through history women have always been the subjects of suppression, and the author of “The Yellow Wallpaper” was no exception. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Connecticut in 1860; she was known for being an unenthusiastic housewife. She enjoyed her work as a writer, but knew she lived in a male dominant society, therefore she feared being a housewife because it might interfere with her work. After giving birth to her first child, she became very ill and depresses. During,…

Literary Techniques In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman the use of symbolism is used to tell the story. In both stories, the readers can infer that these stories where written back when had no rights in the 1800s. Louise mallard is the protagonist of the short story. Louise's interment to her room following the news of Brently's death is a representation for the course of her life so far. “Story of an Hour,” symbolism can be read throughout…

Relationships are hard and confusing. You don't know how they are going to end up. You also don’t know if you will marry the person you are dating. The best story that explains this is “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen. This is because the message is more revealed through the dialogue and characters in the story. In “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen, the message is war doesn't just affect the soldiers, but also their loved ones. Mrs. Drover has lost her lover in the war and she still…

The novel Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger is about a young actress named Franny and her mental breakdown. Her brother, Zooey throughout the novel tries to “cure” Franny and guide her through this difficult time. In the novel they both seem to put on this dramatic performance for each other and the readers. Salinger presents the story through the eyes of Buddy the older brother of the two main characters, who was second hand telling the story. Salinger uses Buddy as a pawn so he can be in the…

barren window. She says “The windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls” (4). Here rings seems to be some type of game which is played by children. Like children women were also considered to be nonsensical, irrational whose mind is thought to be in knee. The rings in the window seems to be like the bars of the prison in which women are captivated so that women could not be able to escape. They should remain trapped in the patriarchal prison because…

The structure of the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper”, contrive a perception of immediacy and affection. The narrator wrote the story in a journal-style, first-person narrative that has nine short entries; a small space marks each of the entries amidst it and the last. The entries of the journal distance three months during which John endeavor to cure his wife’s anxiety condition. At the beginning of the story, the writer appears mentally ill and trustworthy, as the story continues, the reader…