Question

Why might Charlotte Perkins Gilman have written "The Yellow Wallpaper" in the first-person point of view?

Gilman wanted to depict a woman’s mental breakdown naturally and objectively.

Gilman wanted to appeal to her male audience to treat their wives with more respect.

Gilman wanted to show a mental breakdown through the eyes of the sufferer’s loved ones.

Gilman wanted to illustrate to her readers how the rest cure could seriously damage a person.

Answer 1

What's your guess? :)

Answer 2

I WAS Thinking maybe A? @Ondinana

Answer 3

Well, you know the definition of "first-person point of view", yes?

Answer 4

yes @Ondinana

Answer 5

I've never actually read that book, so this is kinda tricky for me. But given the definition of first person- I would say go with what you think it is.

Answer 6

what do you think it is? @Ondinana

Answer 7

As the main character’s fictional journal, the story is told in strict first-person narration, focusing exclusively on her own thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. Everything that we learn or see in the story is filtered through the narrator’s shifting consciousness, and since the narrator goes insane over the course of the story, her perception of reality is often completely at odds with that of the other characters.

Answer 8

im confused brooke

Answer 9

Because the woman's perspective is distorted by her confinement and her depression, she is also what is known as an unreliable narrator.

Answer 10

I can't really help since I have not read this book.

Answer 11

The first-person narration, however, is vital to the story's impact. By showing the reader a narrator who is suffering deep emotional and mental problems, and who is therefore unreliable, the story becomes less about the factual events and more about the culture of the times. The narrator is essentially held captive against her will; the story becomes more of a prison account than a typical diary. Her slow mental breakdown is echoed in the writing, which becomes more and more fragmented as the narrator loses her sanity.

Answer 12

so c?

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

ty so much mind helping with a few more if i open a new question? @brooke2353