The protagonists in London's "To Build a Fire" and Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" are both faced with the three aspects of naturalism; Man vs. ... In "The Yellow Wallpaper" Charlotte Perkins Gilman tells her own story of post pardon depression through an unnamed character. ... She eventually goes insane because she starts to see people inside the wallpaper, and tries to free them by tearing down the paper. ... At the end of the story she has pulled almost all of the paper off of the wall. ... "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the true account of Gilman's struggle with post pardon de...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jane, who is honestly portraying Gilman, remarks, "[I]cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous"(Other 5)(Yellow 336). ... Although in The Yellow Wallpaper the woman's husband, John, is a physician, Gilman's husband, Charles Walter Stetson is an artist, both of which depend largely on public associations. ... (Other 15)(Yellow 341) As I ponder over the significant of this passage, I discover several entries in Gilman's abridged diaries/journals that reveal a possible link between the smell coming from the wallpaper and Gilman's life. ... This yellow paper on the wal...

• Word Count: 1862
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• Grade Level: High School