Displayed in this blog post will be a short write up I wrote after reading the story "The Yellow Wall Paper" In the short story, it portrays a woman who is told she is not mentally well but by the end of following what this man “John” says is best for her, she seems worse off. John is a doctor and is keeping her at this house “for her benefit” but she starts seeing people in walls after she gets there so you tell me if it's benefiting anyone. John believes he is helping her because the social norm back then was that the husband knew best. But she knows that he's wrong and to try to gain some personal freedom starts lying to him. In the end, being controlled and not listened to and walked over for 3 months gets to her and she really does go crazy. When before she was probably just going through a rough patch. Not being heard and never having any accountability (in such a personal relationship as husband and wife especially) only worsened her situation. We’ve all felt unheard, even when you know you’re right but they still won’t listen because they don’t think you know anything. As a young woman who works in an industry run by men, I am very familiar with the feeling.
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