The first person narration creates a little uneasiness in the reader. This is because the reader does not know anything about the author and the author has no credibility. Going through the story and learning more about what is going on in her life gives the reader a little sympathy for her. She talks bad about her husband because he is a doctor but the doctor is doing his very best to help her out. We feel this sympathy up to the point where she locks herself in the room and will not let anybody in. She shows that she is not a reliable speaker and she should not be trusted. Another problem comes with the authors repetitiveness. This creates a less interesting story because it seams that the speaker is saying the same thing. The interesting part is when it is found out that this story actually occurred. The thought that this person was going crazy and all her husband would just lock her in the room. In this respect the story is a great story because it does its purpose to show that this used to happen and the doctors were wrong. There was an article expanding on this idea article on http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/gilman.htm#INSERT%201. This showing that the context of a story is just as important as the story itself.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Crazy Yellow Wallpaper
The first person narration creates a little uneasiness in the reader. This is because the reader does not know anything about the author and the author has no credibility. Going through the story and learning more about what is going on in her life gives the reader a little sympathy for her. She talks bad about her husband because he is a doctor but the doctor is doing his very best to help her out. We feel this sympathy up to the point where she locks herself in the room and will not let anybody in. She shows that she is not a reliable speaker and she should not be trusted. Another problem comes with the authors repetitiveness. This creates a less interesting story because it seams that the speaker is saying the same thing. The interesting part is when it is found out that this story actually occurred. The thought that this person was going crazy and all her husband would just lock her in the room. In this respect the story is a great story because it does its purpose to show that this used to happen and the doctors were wrong. There was an article expanding on this idea article on http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/gilman.htm#INSERT%201. This showing that the context of a story is just as important as the story itself.
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First of all, awesome picture! Second of all, you are correct. The first person narrator does create an uneasiness in the reader because of the unreliability. But, at least this is how i see it, the reason she is unreliable is because the reader senses that something is not quite right with the scenario. The way the husband treats her and the room she is kept in definitely give off reasons not to trust the narrator in that everything she has is true. She is hallucinating, so she sees things and describes them that are not really there.
ReplyDeleteI love your picture! Anyways, yes, I do agree on the fact that the first person narration give an uneasy feeling about her. We can't truly trust her judgement, but it does give us a connection to her because it is her personal thoughts we are evaluating through out the story. Therefore, we can have sympathy knowing that no one is on her side. What other analysis can you suspect that can prove how her narration was uneasy?
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