Sumblog 6 The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one to try and figure out the roles between men and women. She would express that men were the independent of the two because they would never need to rely on the women. They were able to provide for themselves with no help, especially not from a woman.  She would say that the women are supposed to be supported by the man never the other way around. With that being said women would be known as the dependent person because they would rely on someone else. Housewives would be an example of this, Gilman would say since the men are supply the money and working all day that the wives should do the housework like cooking and cleaning.

There also is interdepended which is where people would rely on each other, For example using two incomes. This is seen more and more common in today’s society. Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper. This was a collection of journal entries that were written by woman who lived her life according to how husband wanted her to. This woman was confined to the upstairs bedroom; she was not allowed to work and was forbidden from her journal. She becomes depressed and begins to have an obsession with the pattern and color of the wallpaper in her room. She begins to also see thing like a woman who lives in the wallpaper and realizes that it is her that is living in it. This story was a great example of who woman were sometimes treated back in the day. From reading that story I was defiantly surprised because of how things have changed in my day and age.

I posted a video of the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” I thought it was interesting being able to watch the story instead of just reading it. I feel it brought out a lot of emotions!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eXAle7mgk