Homework help: I wrote two beginning paragraphs of my essay on "The Yellow Wallpaper." Can someone please check my paragraphs and tell me if they are good enough?
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was written in the perspective of a young woman. She is the narrator of the story; however, she describes her setting as a dark and “creepy” place. John, who is her husband, communicates with her, but the communication leaves her upset and angry. The author was using imagery, tone, and a first person point of view to broadly “bring out” her feelings regarding John and the emotional state she has throughout the story. Often, the author appears to rely on imagery whenever she speaks about the wallpaper in her room. During the story, the author’s use of first person point of view allowed readers to have a large “close up” on John’s inner character, and the narrator’s surroundings. Gilman’s introduction of “The Yellow Wallpaper” was gentle. The narrator introduces herself and her husband. As soon as she mentions the “secure ancestral halls,” “our” story continued with suspense. This is the exposition, whereas, the audience learns about the narrator’s relationship with John. In the beginning, the relationship was normal until she became ill and John confined her to bed rest. While she is in bed, the young woman has nothing to do except stare at the wallpaper. She first notes the room and the wallpaper as “I’m really getting quite fond of the big room, all but that horrid paper.” At this point, John is away during the day and “our” young woman was taking the time to write in a diary. Through her point of view, the audience can infer that the woman loves her husband along with the room she occupied; however, her relationship with John changes once the wallpaper is mentioned. John becomes cross by saying “’You know the place is doing you good,’ he said ‘and really, dear, I don’t care to renovate the house just for a three months’ rental.” Soon, the narrator becomes tired of looking at the same wallpaper every day, this causes her to go crazy. “This wallpaper has a kind of sub-pattern in a different shade, a particularly irritating one, […].” She became afraid of it, and attempted to relay this to John. In response, John thought she was crazy and became angry and mean. By now, John had turned into an unlikeable character.
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was written in the perspective of a young woman. She is the narrator of the story; however, she describes her setting as a dark and “creepy” place. John, who is her husband, communicates with her, but the communication leaves her upset and angry. The author was using imagery, tone, and a first person point of view to broadly “bring out” her feelings regarding John and the emotional state she has throughout the story. Often, the author appears to rely on imagery whenever she speaks about the wallpaper in her room. During the story, the author’s use of first person point of view allowed readers to have a large “close up” on John’s inner character, and the narrator’s surroundings. Gilman’s introduction of “The Yellow Wallpaper” was gentle. The narrator introduces herself and her husband. As soon as she mentions the “secure ancestral halls,” “our” story continued with suspense. This is the exposition, whereas, the audience learns about the narrator’s relationship with John. In the beginning, the relationship was normal until she became ill and John confined her to bed rest. While she is in bed, the young woman has nothing to do except stare at the wallpaper. She first notes the room and the wallpaper as “I’m really getting quite fond of the big room, all but that horrid paper.” At this point, John is away during the day and “our” young woman was taking the time to write in a diary. Through her point of view, the audience can infer that the woman loves her husband along with the room she occupied; however, her relationship with John changes once the wallpaper is mentioned. John becomes cross by saying “’You know the place is doing you good,’ he said ‘and really, dear, I don’t care to renovate the house just for a three months’ rental.” Soon, the narrator becomes tired of looking at the same wallpaper every day, this causes her to go crazy. “This wallpaper has a kind of sub-pattern in a different shade, a particularly irritating one.” She became afraid of it, and attempted to relay this to John. In response, John thought she was crazy and became angry and mean. By now, John had turned into an unlikeable character.
There is the corrected version.
Thank you for the corrected version. :) I'll post two ore paragraphs when i'm done with them
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