The main point of view is of the narrator who is a married woman whom has a child, she is spending a summer in large house in the country. ... The "yellow" can be the representation of her room, confined, not allowed to do as she wished and to not have any input. ... By throwing away the key was a symbol that she had fully accepted this life she was forced to live. ... The green world was foreign to her; the yellow world was what she was familiar with and comfortable with. ... For all we know this could be a "crazy" woman, who can still comprehensively write, and this house for "rest" could in...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The character of Joe Dagget has many characteristics that a typical woman would desire in a man. ... She is advocating for women's freedom through the death of her family, when Louisa comes to recognize the great path of independence, and becomes a strong symbol of the strength of a woman as she is able to thrive on her own. ... Both ideas would refute the stereotype that a woman was dependent on a man. ... When Joe walks into Louisa's house, "a little yellow canary that had been asleep in his green cage at the south window woke up and fluttered wildly, beating his little yellow...

• Word Count: 2223
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate