Summary Of The Yellow Wallpaper
At one point in the story I agreed with Tom’s choice of finally getting the yellow sheet of paper into his apartment and the yellow sheet flew out the window again and he burst into laughter instead of going out to get it because it was not worth risking his life. Another point when I agreed with him was when he hit the window with his hand to get back in his apartment. He risked his life and he was smart and optimistic to believe he had a chance of survival.
B) One point in the story where I disagreed with Tom’s choice was when he didn’t go to the cinema with Clare, to stay home and work. If he were with his wife at the cinema he would not have almost died. Another point where I disagreed with Tom’s choice was when he “swung a leg over the sill” to get the yellow sheet of paper, the yellow sheet was not as important as his life …show more content…
A) Tom goes out on the ledge to retrieve his yellow sheet of paper he thinks is very important. He had spent weeks writing ideas on this sheet, “On four long Saturday afternoons he had stood in supermarkets counting the people who passed certain displays, and the results were scribbled on that yellow sheet. From stacks of trade publications, gone over page by page in snatched half hours at work and during evening at home, he had copied facts, quotations, and figures onto that sheet” page 9. He does not understand, until he gets out on the ledge, how great a risk he is taking.
B. This reveals that Tom is filled with ambition. This shows that Tom cares deeply about his work, to the extent that he would jeopardy his own well-being.
3 A) When Tom looks between his legs down into Lexington Avenue he feels terrified. He was going to faint, he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin . “For a motionless instant he saw himself externally—bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below—and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and
B) One point in the story where I disagreed with Tom’s choice was when he didn’t go to the cinema with Clare, to stay home and work. If he were with his wife at the cinema he would not have almost died. Another point where I disagreed with Tom’s choice was when he “swung a leg over the sill” to get the yellow sheet of paper, the yellow sheet was not as important as his life …show more content…
A) Tom goes out on the ledge to retrieve his yellow sheet of paper he thinks is very important. He had spent weeks writing ideas on this sheet, “On four long Saturday afternoons he had stood in supermarkets counting the people who passed certain displays, and the results were scribbled on that yellow sheet. From stacks of trade publications, gone over page by page in snatched half hours at work and during evening at home, he had copied facts, quotations, and figures onto that sheet” page 9. He does not understand, until he gets out on the ledge, how great a risk he is taking.
B. This reveals that Tom is filled with ambition. This shows that Tom cares deeply about his work, to the extent that he would jeopardy his own well-being.
3 A) When Tom looks between his legs down into Lexington Avenue he feels terrified. He was going to faint, he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin . “For a motionless instant he saw himself externally—bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below—and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and