I don't really make time anymore to sit down and read like I used to, guess life gets away from us sometimes. I did enjoy reading these short stories from last week, some more than others though. When I read "The Yellow Wallpaper," I really did not get the meaning in the story. What I got from the story was, that she may have been mentally ill, I still don't understand what the symbolism with the yellow wallpaper is, someone please enlighten me about this story because I do want to understand what it meant by her pulling the wallpaper off.
I like the story "The Man Who Was Almost a Man." Everyone has their own idea of what they can do in life to be a "man" and in Dave's case, a gun would make him a man. Although that gun didn't make him any more of a man, he felt like it did and that's all that mattered to him, no matter who got hurt.
My favorite of the stories was "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." I love the fact that he wanted to go on an adventure and feel brave and alive. He has his moments of fear but he don't give up on his adventures. His wife was an awful person though, it was her pushing him to be more of a man that lead him to his death because he wanted to please her.
The last story, "Good Country People," was an alright story, I just couldn't get into it very much. Maybe because I sat down and read all these stories one after the other and may have been a bit burnt out by the time I got to this one. Maybe I need to read it again.
I'm not sure which topic I am going to pick yet but I have it narrowed down to "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."
It was hard for me to understand " the yellow wallpaper'' myself, but you are right, she did have a mental illness. My impression that I got from the symbolism, is the wall paper represented herself. She talked about the lady being behind bars during the day, and roamed at night. I think she meant herself. That is what I got from it. What do you think now?
ReplyDeleteIt seems reasonable, she was always talking about being up at night and not being able to sleep so it does sound logical to think she was roaming.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't understand "the yellow wallpaper" either. My understanding that I got of the symbolism, is that the wallpaper is how she felt. She seen herself as those women she seen behind bars in the wallpaper. I really enjoyed reading "A Man Who Was Almost a Man" and "Good Country People".
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