The Yellow Wallpaper And I Stand Here Ironing
As Steve Jobs said “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” People always seem to not say what they really mean. Similarities in stories bring stories together. They show how no matter how different a story may seem to be there can always be similarities found in them. In "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen there are a lot of similar things like the point of view, internal conflicts, and
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Yes, they all have different struggles, but they are all still very similar. The main characteristic that all of the women in "The Story of an Hour","The Yellow Wallpaper", and "I Stand Here Ironing" have in common is their ability to overcome oppression. Each one of the women have had their freedom taken away from them and found a way to overcome it. Each story has a different technique to overcome their oppression. Like in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Mallard didn't even know what she really wanted until after she thought her husband was dead. After that she started thinking about all of the things that she could do on her own now and not have to have her husband doing everything for her. He took her freedom away from her. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman the narrator started to figure out that she could never leave and was being trapped in the house. Her husband was taking her freedom away from her. This was a lot worse than how Mr. Mallard took her husband's freedom away. The narrator is literally locked up in that house. Her husband took her free will away from her. She ended up overcoming it and escaping the house by crawling over her husband's unconscious body after he fainted. In "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen the narrator can not take care of her daughter who has been bounced around from family member to family member. Her husband took all of the freedom away
Yes, they all have different struggles, but they are all still very similar. The main characteristic that all of the women in "The Story of an Hour","The Yellow Wallpaper", and "I Stand Here Ironing" have in common is their ability to overcome oppression. Each one of the women have had their freedom taken away from them and found a way to overcome it. Each story has a different technique to overcome their oppression. Like in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Mrs. Mallard didn't even know what she really wanted until after she thought her husband was dead. After that she started thinking about all of the things that she could do on her own now and not have to have her husband doing everything for her. He took her freedom away from her. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman the narrator started to figure out that she could never leave and was being trapped in the house. Her husband was taking her freedom away from her. This was a lot worse than how Mr. Mallard took her husband's freedom away. The narrator is literally locked up in that house. Her husband took her free will away from her. She ended up overcoming it and escaping the house by crawling over her husband's unconscious body after he fainted. In "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen the narrator can not take care of her daughter who has been bounced around from family member to family member. Her husband took all of the freedom away