Mental Health In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

In this article I will discuss Gilman’s work “The Yellow Wallpaper” from a feminist point of view. Firstly, I will introduce the writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I will give an insight about her background and its relevance to “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Then I will talk about the society in the story and how it affected women with mental illnesses. I will also discuss the circumstances of the isolation as empowering element in the narrator’s case.

Bud, Not Buddy Critical Lens Literary Analysis Essay “During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks”- William Julius Wilson. This quote relates to the Great Depression in 1929-1939, when whites and blacks were discriminated. They would usually live in cardboard houses called Hoovervilles, with no jobs or money. A Hooverville is a major setting in an award winning novel called Bud, Not Buddy.

Jeanette said,“One night when I was almost ten, I was awakened by someone running his hands over my private parts,” (Walls 103). The actions of her parents cause Jeannette’s trust in her parents to deteriorate. According to The Future of Children, poverty has many physical effects, but mental effects play a larger role in the lifestyle of a person. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn states, “Emotional outcomes are often grouped along two dimensions: externalizing behaviors including aggression, fighting, and acting out, and internalizing behaviors such as anxiety, social withdrawal, and depression” (Brooks-Gunn 62). Jeanette and her siblings suffer from the “internalized behaviors” as stated by The Future of Children as a result of the family’s continuous poverty throughout the children’s lives.

“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society” (“Famous Angela Davis quotes - We have to talk about ….). Angela Davis no longer accepted the philosophies or ideas she could not modify within others, but worked to change the beliefs she could no longer accept. Davis aimed for her voice to be heard, so that her perspectives would perceive and taken into account by society. Davis is best known as a profound African-American educator, extremist for civil rights, and other advocate of other social issues. She realized about racial prejudice from her experiences with discrimination growing up in Birmingham, Alabama.

Women authors of the nineteenth century faced a difficult task in getting their work published and acknowledged without harm to their person or reputation. Within the home or out in society, they faced heavy opposition each step of the way. This was not only the problem of female authors; women in general were silenced and oppressed and it is not surprising that many women suffered ill mental health as a result (Sigurthardottir, 27). Focusing on the theme of insanity which constitute a common theme in the Victorian and early twentieth century poetry, "The Farmer 's Bride" is a good example. Combining this with the further themes of fallen woman and woman as poet this poem reflects feminist dilemmas.

This makes the characters universal and more real than fictitious. Psychoanalytic elucidation of literature can be a cherished exploration of human motivation and behaviour. Psychological application into Gordimer’s Helen Shaw from her first novel,The Lying Daysis the main focus of this article. Nadine Gordimer in her novels brings out the individuals than of stereotyped persons. The characters when they come across the violence and witness the suffering of the fellow humans they undergo the trauma and this brings a vital change in their

It tells about how Celie’s life became a very hard one because she had undergone severe maltreatment, abuse and sorrows which started on her adolescent years until her married life. This essay will tackle the subject of feminism inspired from the story of Celie and how she was able to transform herself from a weak and vulnerable girl into a brave and self-sufficient woman who could prove her abilities to cope life’s struggle and became aware with her equal rights in the society. Feminism Definition 　　　Accoring to (Morris, 1993), feminism is a political perception based on two fundamental premises: first is that gender difference is the foundation of a structural inequality between women and men, by which women suffer systematic social injustice; and second is that the inequality between sexes is not the result of biological necessity but is produced by the environmental construction of gender differences. Feminists believe that the

American Families Today The American family has undergone many changes since the 1900’s. More so, in the past 40 years, the nuclear family seen dramatic changes and has been described as deteriorating. There has been a dramatic rise in divorce, single parent households and child poverty. Studies have shown that children growing up in poverty-stricken single parent households are more likely to be affected well into adulthood. While this is the case, people are also living longer, and families are accommodating this change by living with relatives allowing for more bonding time then in previous generations.

Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s, The Yellow Wall-Paper, was written and set in the 1890s and is frequently attributed as a feminist short story. Stetson gives an intimate glimpse into the mind of a woman who, because of her experiences and treatment in a patriarchal social system, slowly descends into insanity. This was achieved through the use of Stetson’s personal account along with her feministic views which led to a story embodying symbolism of the hardships that women of this period faced. Sometimes it can difficult to determine the inspiration behind a story, but in the case of Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s short story, The Yellow Wall-Paper, it was inspired by her own personal experiences. According to Lone Star College, Stetson lived in

In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood allows and almost disturbs the readers to question if they are truly satisfied with their lives and the society they are living in, and conveys to the readers that our society needs change and improvement. People nowadays believe that gender equality is necessary since the topic is so often discussed. The fact that people believe in this shows how much progress our world has made. However, it is so easy for us to forget the real reason behind this general statement; Why do we truly need gender equality? This question is the background to Atwood’s main message and her opinion on women’s oppression.

The Great depression impacted the Americana government in a way that the government had to change, reform and became more cautious of economic situations. This book seemed to give a great detail of the time period of the Great Depression and the impact of it. The author, Shlaes seemed very bias toward her opinion as she stated, “all the changes brought by the New Deal meant that the United States seemed a less reliable place” (Shlaes 336). She did not seem to like Roosevelt and the New Deal, but nevertheless, she seemed to give a great detail of the impacts of the Great depression on American life and how it changed their values and also how it impacted the American

The editorial cartoon in Document H provides a useful illustration of this point (see Document H). As Uncle Sam, the federal government, pours more public money into the machinery of war the main beneficiary would be economic recovery. According to Document B spending on military hardware and in the industrial sectors that produced weapons led to substantially higher prices, a sharp upturn in the stock markets, and greatly reduced unemployment (Document G). Public anxiety and fear in Western Europe and in the U.S. were fed by the prospect of yet another World War. Whether intended or not, this led to another measure supported by Democrats and Republicans that addressed one of the crises of a depression.

The Great Depression of 1929 was one of America’s most influential downfalls that crippled society for years. The depression caused many years of failure and poverty for almost all of society. The government’s role during these times was crucial and critical for turning around the economy. The depression had a major effect on government’s power and involvement with the people and states. The government was less involved before the depression.

In any case, now we should investigate the larger picture, which is that in ten years that is a total gain of thirty pounds. This weight gain can lead to type two diabetes which is associated with being overweight and numerous health issues emerge, for example, heart attack, stroke and kidney disease just to name a few. There are so many negative side consequences for obesity and essentially, we need to commit to fighting this epidemic. I must say it is disturbing that this is the first generation of children that will live a shorter life than their parents will. I think one serious issue is that food quality has decreased in a major way because corporations want to maximize profit.

Qualitative and quantitative method have been applied in data collection and will be applied in the analysis of the collected data. Qualitative analysis is necessary to critically obtain information which cannot be statistically derived through Analysis of secondary data. Quantitative analysis will capture the figures and enable analysis of the information to offer detailed and informed decisions through Interview and survey. From the studies and results, I hope to find that Social feminism theories and feminism theories to focus on theories related to black female segregation like feminism theory. I hope to prove that Social feminism has been instrumental in the fight for the women rights especially the blacks.