52 Short Stories And Poems 2012: "The Yellow Wallpaper."
I have been busy over the last six weeks, so I have not had time to write. I am seriously behind in my blog posts. Hopefully, as the year progresses I can catch up. Last week I read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This story is commonly read in Women Studies programs and in women colleges. I just happened to graduate from a woman's college (University of Notre Dame of Maryland) and had already read the story. However, this is not a story only for women. Anyone who has ever felt controlled or powerless can relate to the main character. The story is about a nineteenth century, upper class woman's non-dated journal entries concerning her life as a powerless, first-time mother, suffering from what appears to be post-partum depression. Her husband John, a doctor, decides to rent a house in the country supposedly so she can get a much needed rest. She is given a former nursery as her vacation quarters. John is...