Hello,

I have chosen to make this post about one of the articles that we have come across so far in this course. I have chosen “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins.

This was the second time I have read “The Yellow Wallpaper” and I have to say that the second time around I felt much more aware of the story’s surroundings. The short story despite seeming to focus so much on the wall, is more of a distraction than the root of the narrator’s problems. The narrator’s issues rely lie among her relationships especially that of her and her husband. To be so heavily oppressed by someone that you are supposed to have an intimate relationship with, the only person that you feel safe with, leaves one with no direction but that of borderline insanity.

It actually made me reflect on my own personal relationships, even those of friends and family, since they do heavily effect your mental health. Hopefully someone reading makes their own conscious decision to do so.

Happy reading,

Ashanti