My historical and societal connections I have are not always perfection. The connections I have in my point of view of "The Yellow Wallpaper" are in perfection. First of all, it reinforces all of the intangible feelings and attitudes expressed in the story. A historical connection I have is in "The Yellow Wallpaper" the sanitarium home is quite alone and isolated. It makes me think of English places that have walls and gates that lock. Lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people. Overall, it is a very isolating place. It’s separated from the roads and therefore, we should argue, Gilman is seperated from society: the house itself is described as a place that binds and restricts. I can connect to how woman were in the late 1800's. The idea of equality became more prominent and social conditions for women began to change. That led to the birth of the Women's Suffrage Movement. Although women were still considered weaker than men, they started to receive more educational opportunities. For instance, by the end of the 19th century the number of women students increased. Higher education was expanded form women's. In the 1800's women were stuck in their home. Women were seen as less ranked and weaker to men. Also, women were considered unequal to all men legally and socially. However, women's efforts during the 1800's were effective in challenging a women's place in society (p.2). Remember, the story was written in the 19th century, which anchors it in a specific historical moments in terms of women and their distinguish abilities. As we look back at Gilman she was isolated in her room because she didn’t have the same opportunities as the men did. She didn’t get to go out and hang out with her friends. She had to stay home in the kitchen and make sure the house was clean and secured. The men go to do whatever they wanted. In the story John called Gilman a "blessed little goose", in my point of view he was talking to her like a kid. I feel like he was kind of teasing her, because she couldn’t do anything about it. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a testament to Gilman's own life experience and in reading it there is a feeling of the tough decision had an impact on her mentally and emotionally (p.3).
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what "Societal" and "Historical" connections
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This picture relates to when Gilman was isolated in
her room behind bars.
Definiton of Category
Historical connections are what you get when you look to the past to understand the present and speculative aboyut the future. Societal connections is a connection people has faced from the law.
I like your historical connection and how it was worried. I thought what you said was also relatable and that it definitely connected with the story. Also, I liked that you took some parts of the story and applied them to your connections. It shows that you really know what you're writing about and you understood the connection.
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ReplyDeleteYou used cites from the story very well in your post and i like how you worded some things. Also you have everything that is required. Good job!
ReplyDeleteMark, I like how you used higher level language. That made this entry sound very sophisticated. Though I am a bit confused at what you mean with your use of "Perfection" in the beginning two sentences. Other than that, this was a very well written blog entry. And your picture was very unique!
ReplyDeleteMark I like that you used academic vocabulary. That made this writing more complex. However, I'm confused about the first two sentences. Maybe if you reword them they would make more sense to the reader. Overall, this blog was well written and you used a lot of supportive details to support you idea on these connections.
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