The Crazy Lady in The Yellow Wallpaper :: Yellow Wallpaper essays

The Yellow Wallpaper does nothing but confuse me. It seems to be abouta high strung, mentally ill woman who is obsessed with rotting paper. Thisyellow wallpaper obsesses her so much that she begins to distrust everyone, evenher husband. She is terrified that someone will take her wallpaper or find outmore about it than she knows. One point I found interesting is that she sees a woman behind bars try to get out in the pattern of the wallpaper. This might be the only thingin this story that made sense to me. The pattern with the woman seems to berelated to the way she is being treated by her husband, John. John is veryprotective of her wife because she is in all reality a very hurtle woman. Shefeels trapped because of this and the way she sees the paper must be anindication. She stays up late at night and hours on end during the day to stareat worthless, tattered, yellow wallpaper. This story really bored me to death. All I could think of was, when isthis story going to be over? I re member having a super active imagination asa child but this is ridiculous. She sees mushrooms sprouting and women shakingbars and shes a middle aged woman. The last time I ever saw anything close tothat was when I was 10 years old and I saw G.I.Joes crawling up and down mywalls at night. I dont take care this woman behavior nor have I everexperienced anyone in real life who acted this way. Johns wife is not an abused woman. She is actually well taken care of and