The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Gilman, is the story about a women with a hysteria, and is forced to not read, write, sit in a blank room, and cannot see her newborn child. Even though some may say this is considered to help a women with this problem, others say that this makes her even more crazy. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut. She suffered from great depression and went through unusual treatments. She unfortunately had to be alone most of the time, and her husband, Charles Stetson, treated her like she was a child. He called her names like "Goose" and she lives at the top of a nursery home for boys. Despite being treated like this, he still loves her and doesn't want her to go away. After being suffered and depressed, she killed herself on August 17, 1935.
After reading the story, The Yellow Wallpaper, I realized that there can be multiple themes to this story. Just because someone is different than someone else, you shouldn't treat them like a child. They are humans too! They're the same as you. You should treat them like a human being. Another theme of the story is to follow your dream. The doctor of Gilman, Dr, Mitchell, said she should drop everything and not do anything for the rest of their life. Take Charlotte Gilman for example. When Dr. Mitchell said to sit in a room and not do anything exciting for the rest of her life, she thought that was absurd. Coming from a family of writers, she knew she couldn't let that happen. Secretly, she wrote The Yellow Wallpaper. Just because she wasn't allowed to do this, doesn't mean she can't.


http://www.biography.com/people/charlotte-perkins-gilman-9311669
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/charlotte-gilman/

  Hysteria- a reference used for women with emotional problems