The Yellow Wallpaper

Okay, so...

I mistakenly last week wrote a blog on "Hills Like White Elephants", when it was supposed to be on "The Yellow Wallpaper".

So, this week I shall write about "The Yellow Wallpaper",

At first, this story confused me.

A woman, Jane, is narrating, and she seems very flamboyant and casually excited. She seems very odd. And she is telling her husband whom is a doctor that she is suffering from depression and she is always nervous. Her doctor husband who seems to win every argument because he is a doctor, tells her that what she is feeling is just temporary. He tells her to just rest and basically do nothing but domestic housewife things and to not even write, which is what she wants to do.

It seems Jane is not allowed to express herself and she is in a dominant-submissive type relationship. Her- of course being the submissive.

She makes up a woman trapped in the yellow wallpaper in her room up in her head.
And in the end she supposedly frees this woman.

She is symbolically wanting to free HERSELF!!!!!!!!!!!

Ughhhhhhhh I despise marriages like this! Poor Jane.

What a wonderfully interesting and well written story. I enjoyed it very much.

Hills Like White Elephants

This story takes place in Spain, somewhere near Barcelona. 

A couple, an American guy and his girlfriend, whom can't speak Spanish, are drinking beer and are having a casual conversation.

The girlfriend mentions the hills looking like white elephants.
The boyfriend stating he's never seen one.

Now I think that the white elephants symbolize something that nobody wants or cares to see. 

But then later, the girlfriend says, "they're lovely hills,...they don't really look like white elephants. I just meant the coloring of their skin through the trees." 
The man ignores her comment and asks if she wants to continue drinking. 

As you continue reading, you realize this couple is just consistently drinking beers, and has trouble communicating with each other. They have some kind of problem in their relationship that they don't want to address. 

But then, the American man, brings up an operation that his girlfriend is supposed to have. The author never mentions what kind of operation. 
The man is very keen on his girlfriend getting this operation. And as you continue reading, you realize this operation is not necessary because the boyfriend keeps saying she doesn't have to do it if she doesn't want to.

The girlfriend seems like she relies on him a lot and doesn't express herself well. 

The girlfriend is very indecisive about the operation and would be willing to do it if her boyfriend will still love her, and he assures her that he will. 
...........
I'm thinkin' this operation is an abortion. Any thoughts guys? Lol.

Seems like this 'couple problem' is timeless.

The Story of an Hour

I found this story to be quite fascinating. 

It starts off telling the reader that Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition, and finishes with Mrs. Mallard dying due to her heart condition. 

In this story, Mrs. Mallard is being told that her husband has died, at first she is taken aback, and sad about the news. 

But then, something clicks. 

Mrs. Mallard has been living a subservient lifestyle, probably depressed, and extremely unsatisfied with her life. 

Divorce is frowned upon in society at this time and the only way she could be free from this life she dislikes is if she becomes a widow. And that she does!

She realizes she will be free to live her own life, and do the things she wasn't able to do before! She is overcome with happiness and serene bliss. 

""Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering."

Her whole life is about to be turned around and she can start fresh in life and better herself. She is so excited, so happy, and thinks she is drinking the "very elixir of life."

Then suddenly, without warning, the reader is reminded of this heart condition she has, when she dies. The doctor stating she died of heart disease--

"oh the joy that kills."

Magical......Ironic......Hopeful......Tragic...... all at the same time! 
Definitely my kind of story.