“I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it alone and talk about the house.”
Title:The Yellow Wallpaper
Author:Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This quotation is explaining when the narrator is interrupting her thoughts by recalling her husbands instructions for the rest cure. John has left his wife no choice but to internalized all the demands he has ask her to follow. She can’t help but to think about the way her husband treats her. To escape from feeling unhappy she simply decides to take about the house. This quotation relates to the entire theme of the story because this marks the point where the wife slides to madness with the house including the wallpaper and herself.
“But there,was,she knew,something else.Happiness,she supposed.Whatever that might be.What,exactly,she wondered,was happiness.Very positively she wanted it”
Title: Quicksand
Author: Nella Larsen
This quotation is explaining what Helga wants in her life, which is to be completly happy internally and externally. Happiness is something she never had in her life. She can’t seem to get a hold of being joyful because she is constantly running away from it. This quote relates to the entire theme of the story because throughout the course of the story Helga struggles with race and being accepted among blacks and whites. This relates to her content search for happiness.
