"The Yellow Wallpaper"

After reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" some may argue that they now feel crazy. After a deep analysis into the connection between the short story and the life of it's author, it becomes clear that she wrote the story to tell the world about her own story. A lot of the story was based on factual events that Gilman experienced. As in the story, she herself suffered from nervous breakdowns was put to bed by a reputable doctor. She was also advised not to write again, and just as it happened in the story her illness worsened. The events of "The Yellow Wallpaper" also had roots to what she can remember of her mothers life. The woman in the story was a "prisoner" to her husband. That analogy also implies that the story has a theme of female isolation. I found it very interesting that Gilman was able to say so much to her reader in this story alone. Ideas of her concern for other women like herself are raised, ideas of her childhood and her parents marriage are raised, even ideas of gender inequality are present.