The Yellow Wallpaper
I can't decide if I liked this story or not. I like that fact that the author raises important issues dealing with women and children. I know that postpartum depression is a very common disease and not too many people know a lot about it. I also like that she proved the doctor wrong. I am not fond of doctors and I don't always trust their diagnosis. She knew what would make her feel better and thankfully listened to her gut feeling before she went crazy. What I didn't like about this story is that it was hard to follow and there were a lot of issues left undressed. I guess that could be a good thing too because it leaves the rest to your imagination. I was focused on the meaning behind tearing down the wallpaper. I felt that there was a hidden message behind it, and with her being crazy it seemed logical. I also wanted to know why her husband fainted at the end. Was it because he saw his wife in her weakest state and couldn't handle it? Or was it to show her overpowering the doctors decision. This would not have been a story that I would have to chose to read on my own. I would rather read more upbeat things.
posted by IUPENGL121-BRAUNERIK at 6:34 PM
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Well, I appreciate the thoughtful way you can discuss your response to this. I"m just back from a foreign film downtown in which the main character ends up being buried in his house under an avalanche. As he sits nursing his frostbite, he and we watch the TV news and learn that every other character in the film that we've met (his dad and grandmother, girlfriend, her father, his teacher and principal, one friend, etc.)
So it's clear that a film like that and this story are not primarily about "entertaining" in the feel good sense. So we don't usually choose pain or boredom etc. but we sometimes gain something from them.
You do a great job of noting unfinished details. I wonder if you'd really trust the author if she did sew things up in the way you say you want. Wouldn't it seem to simple?
THe film I mentioned by the way, takes place in Iceland. The close leaves you totally unsure whether the character crawls back into the wreck of his home to die or goes off to live in Hawaii!
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