In the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" the author gives the women a suspicion that the wallpaper is a symbol for something, and she must figure it out. In the beginning of the story the women is sane and gentle. By the end she goes completely insane and in need of great help. John, her husband is a physician, which is a family doctor. With his bright mind he decides to put his wife into a room all by herself for a countless number of hours. How would you feel if you were put into a room all by yourself for days? I would go completely insane within the first hour, just thinking about it makes my stomach turn upside down.

     Symbolism is a term that is used for representing ideas or qualities. In this particular story the symbolism is shown through the yellow wallpaper. It is used to give the women hope to find an escape route or medicine to cure her illness. In my point of view I believe this was a plan that her husband John set up. He wanted her to become insane. It just doesn't make sense to me, why would you trap someone in a room for a long time and not expect someone to go crazy. but to get better.

    As we discussed in class,freedom is the theme or topic of this story. John restricts her freedom by locking his wife into a small room with no where to go. Freedom is also the reason of her insanity, without freedom she becomes insane and desperate just like any other person would. It's all a mind game to me. By putting her in a room with just a bed, I would think outside the box to and try to figure something out by using everything I could, such as "The Yellow Wallpaper".

   Like I said before as the story comes to an end, the people around her begin to realize that she is insane and helpless. From biting a corner of her bed off to trying to figure out who she is by piecing together a picture. I would say she is crazy.