Question

"Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short article written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman explaining her reasoning behind writing her short story, The Yellow Wallpaper. Is her article a primary or secondary source? Why?

Answer 1

primary sources are first hand accounts

Answer 2

charlotte perkins was the author of the yellow wall paper

Answer 3

so whats your educated guess?

Answer 4

secondary is when its written by someone else

Answer 5

i dont know

Answer 6

ok well if its the author who wrote the article then its primary

Answer 7

if it was just an other dude then its secondary

Answer 8

The article was written by the same author who wrote the book

Answer 9

/poem

Answer 10

understanding it better?

Answer 11

What @Frazfootballa is saying is, whoever wrote that paragraph and didn't write the book, it's secondary. And if whoever wrote that paragraph and wrote the book, it's primary.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Answer 12

you are correct sir @Conqueror

Answer 13

@bryson15 ???

Answer 14

@bryson15

Is it someone else talking about Charlotte Perkins Gilman or is it Charlotte Perkins Gilman that's talking about herself?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

think i need a medal ;)

Answer 17

just sayin :P

Answer 18

i gave you one now can you give me a medal

Answer 19

you gave the other dude one

Answer 20

Even

Answer 21

there we go :)

Answer 22

thank you

Answer 23

you can close the question now dude