As strange as a wallpaper may be; this story portrays it perfectly. The Yellow Wallpaper by Chorlotle Parking Gilman talks about a young protagonist whose name was not mentioned.  This story was written in the first person limited point of view which seemed to be the reason behind the nameless character. As the story starts we find a young woman and her husband, John, going to stay at a vacation home he had prepared for them for a three month stay. As great as the vacation sounded the reason behind it made the trip much more important. John’s wife was faced with dramatic nervous issues that interrupted daily activities and also made the smallest and simplest task more difficult. The initial introduction of the new vacation home went well and went according to plan but with one issue. The room John selected for their bedroom happened to be disturbing in the most disturbing of ways. Across the walls lived a dreadfully misprinted yellow wallpaper which demanded grief and depression. John’s wife did not appreciate this but did grew fond of the unusual thing. The story progressed and we now find a woman that was becoming more sick without the knowledge of so. This sickness was by the name of insanity. The patterns on this yellow wallpaper tortured her as her days went on. It was labeled as haunted for the most part and even had its effect on John and his sister, who came to help with house work and his wife. It is still unclear why the wallpaper did have such great influence but as John’s wife believed, there was something beyond comprehension trapped behind its fibers. On the last week of their stay, John found his wife performing the weirdest and most bizarre acts. Crouched down walking along the wallpaper in the most deformed manner, uttering “I am free” quickly made john lose consciousness. Even so, his wife continued her demonic ritual while stepping over the motionless body. What drove her to insanity could have been anything from being in a caged marriage to being possessed by the yellow wallpaper demon. Whatever took toll upon her life, surely made her happier.

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