Ronnie Mitchell

Rationale I decided to write a diary from Lenina’s point of view, one of the main characters of A Brave New World, which takes place in a utopian society that is divided in five castes (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon). In this society people can’t have babies, families or feelings. Lenina belongs to the Beta’s caste which means that she is a shallow product of a materialistic society, but in her diary we can see her struggling against her caste. On her diary Lenina wanted to be loved by…

The title of the novel is a little bit paradoxical and ambiguous. The novel's title is called Speak; while the entire dilemma throughout the novel is that its heroine Melinda is suffering from her silence and isolation; she cannot speak of what scares her, or even to call for her rights. Her anger is revealed through inner conflicts which caused her psychological problems. In stark opposition to the title she refused to speak of what annoys her and preferred to remain silent and isolated. From…

Revolt By Going Insane? Can you imagine living in a society where coping with any mental illness is dealt by locking you inside a small room with nothing inside and nothing to do? Unfortunately, that was the case for most women in the 1800s. In the story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator describes her experience with her mental illness and how she was forced inside a room that amplified her hysteria. Her story became a great novel that acknowledge women’s…

An author and critic, William Dean Howells became a fan of Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The short story describes the treatment of a women during rest cure prescribed for nervous disorders relevant to Gilman’s experiences. To Howells’s liking, he decided to send the story to his friend Horace E. Scudder, for publication in The Atlantic Monthly in 1875 (U.S. National Library of Medicine). However, Scudder rejected Gilman’s writing completely. Alternatively, the short…

In our analysis of The Eclipse, we will first focus on the opening scene which acts as a seminal scene for the rest of the film, as it introduces the dichotomy between objects and humans. The Eclipse’s opening scene takes place in the apartment of Vittoria and Ricardo who just had an argument and are on the verge of breaking their sentimental relationship. However, Antonioni doesn’t give the audience any factual clue about the reason of this rupture. Rather, through the small actions of the…

Part I. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a chilling psychological tale written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Through a feminist lens, Gilman uses this story to emphasize both the position of married women during the nineteenth century as well as the medicinal practices of the time. Like the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Gilman too suffered from a form of depression. Following her diagnosis, she was prescribed the Rest Cure that eventually drove her to her own mental destruction. Jane, the…

In The Yellow Wallpaper, I believe the narrator is suffering from insanity. Her insanity is not due to any prior mental health issue. I believe it is directly because of her detrimental relationship with her husband. Her husband, John, means well, but he is a symbol of male dominancy and the negative consequences it has on women. He assumed throughout the novel what was best for the protagonist, never once asking her herself. Whenever she verbally voiced her feelings to him, he would ignore…

Gilman's conviction that there truly was no distinction in methods for mindset between men or ladies is unequivocally exhibited through The Yellow Wallpaper. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short anecdote about a lady who has a psychological instability however can't mend because of her better half's absence of conviction. The story seems to occur amid an era where ladies were mistreated. Ladies were dealt with as below average individuals in the public eye amid this day and age. Charlotte Perkins…

At the turn of the 19th century, mental health was a confusing concept that led to the suffering of millions of people. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main character was taken to a vacation home for three months in order to relieve what was diagnosed as a “nervous condition.” Throughout her time at this home, she went through a mental battle. She was told not to think or use too much energy. In contrast to what her husband perceived, her condition progressively…

In the book, Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, the reader is introduced to the character Madeline as she goes from being a sick girl wondering how the world is like to a girl that shows leadership and independence. The character Madeline Whittier has a severe sickness and is not allowed to leave the house. A boy named Olly moves into the house next door and they both fall in love. The only problem is that Olly cannot get to her because she is trapped inside her house. Madeline then takes a…