Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... The Adult in us prevents a hijack by unthinking obedience (Child), or ingrained habit or prejudice (Parent), leaving us a vestige of free will. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ... She eventually notes that the "dim shapes- skulking behind the overlaying pattern are getting clearer; they have begun to resemble a woman, stooping down and creeping. ... The woman at last rips the wallpaper off the wall, freeing ...

• Word Count: 829
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... The Adult in us prevents a hijack by unthinking obedience (Child), or ingrained habit or prejudice (Parent), leaving us a vestige of free will. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ... She eventually notes that the "dim shapes- skulking behind the overlaying pattern are getting clearer; they have begun to resemble a woman, stooping down and creeping. ... The woman at last rips the wallpaper off the wall, freeing ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Once the narrator determines that the image is in fact a woman struggling to become free, she somehow aligns herself with the woman. ... The narrator wants the women to be free of the paper just as bad as she wants to be looked at as a sane person as well as being allowed to read and write again without being scolded by her mentally and vocally abusive, overpowering husband. ... As a female in the twentieth century, reading this story, I had this overwhelming desire to free this narrator from her husband and the rest of the males in her life. ... Many of her attempts were turned down wi...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School