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SURNAME 1 Name Institution Course Date Analyzing Point of View Connection Did you know that John Steinbeck's early draft of his novel Mice and Men got eaten by his dog? The Yellow Wallpaper and The Chrysanthemums' points of view have a connection

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SURNAME 1 Name Institution Course Date Analyzing Point of View Connection Did you know that John Steinbeck's early draft of his novel Mice and Men got eaten by his dog? The Yellow Wallpaper and The Chrysanthemums' points of view have a connection. Both Charlotte Perkins and John Steinbeck have a unique ability to explore and probe into the complexities of women's consciousness. The Chrysanthemums is written in the third person, but the entire narration is presented in almost entirely Elisa Allen's point of view. The Yellow Wallpaper's point of view is first-person subjective. The two stories allow us to get an insight into the thought processes and consciousness of the main characters. The essay will analyze the two stories point of view connection Through the main characters' point of view, the reader sees their perception, feelings, and thoughts of life, which seem to be at odds with the other characters. The main characters believe that they are being oppressed and they should not be in the place they have been placed by society and men. After The Yellow Wallpaper's narrator gets a child, she falls into a temporary nervous depression, making her husband, a physician, recommend the resting treatment. We can see that she hates it, but she can do nothing about it at first. She feels that the yellow wallpaper in the room she is in is the worse she has ever seen, and its patterns are the worst artistic pattern that is dull enough to confuse the eyes. She feels uncomfortable and stuck in this creepy house. Elisa's point of view indicates that she also feels stuck in her home and marriage. She enjoys tending the chrysanthemum flowers, but she aspires to work on the ranch with her husband. It is evident from how he stares at her husband and the two men SURNAME 2 dressed in business suits. She also inquires about the deal her husband was conversing with the men which indicate her interest in the ranch's activities and not the garden. The two stories' main characters' point of view also indicates that they believe that they are more capable than the men and society think they are. Elisa Allen tells the man on the wagon that he might soon have a rival because she too could sharpen scissors. We can see that she believes she can perform the tasks supposed to be done by men. Elisa also wears a man's black hat pulled over her eyes as Elisa cuts the chrysanthemum stems that Steinbeck feels seem too small for Elisa's energy. The Yellow Wallpaper's narrator wishes she could be doing much more than just dress, entertain, and order things all day. Stating that she knows little of the design principles indicates that she believes she is knowledgeable and intelligent. In conclusion, the Chrysanthemums is written in the third person, but the entire narration is presented in almost entirely Elisa's point of view. The Yellow Wallpaper's point of view is first-person subjective. Through the main characters' point of view, the reader sees their perception of life. The main characters believe that they are being oppressed and they should not be in the place they have been placed. It also indicates that they think they are more capable than the men and society think they are. SURNAME 3 Works Cited Allen, Elisa. "The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck." https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ #inbox/FMfcgxwLtkcJckkxgHcLqSktpBKBmVSB?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2 Stetson, Charlotte P. The Yellow Wall-Paper. Hansebooks GmbH, 2019. https:// www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/ The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf SURNAME 1 Name Institution Course Date Analysing Character Connection Did you know that Charlotte Perkins had taught herself to read by the age of five? Charlotte Perkins' The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story published in 1892. John Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums is also a short story, and it was published in 1937. There is a character connection in the two stories. Both have a female protagonist living in a society that does not believe that women can exist outside of marriage and struggle through a suffocating marriage. Both women are intelligent, but they live under-stimulated and unsatisfying lives. The essay will give a character connection analysis. Elisa Allen in The Chrysanthemums is an oppressed married woman, and she seems forgotten by her husband and the world. She turns to her garden for comfort and happiness. The flowers in the garden are her companion. Chrysanthemums are flowers that need specific tending, patience, and care, and they must be treated with delicate hands daily. Elisa takes comfort and pride in her ability to grow the flowers. Similarly, in The Yellow Wallpaper, the oppressed narrator has had a child and suffered from depression which makes her husband prescribe her a treatment that is standard for mental illnesses. The compulsory treatment involves complete rest and isolation in the house, which she highly opposes. She turns to the only thing present in her life for her companion, the dull yellow wallpaper. The narrator is repulsed and annoyed by her only companion, which is a peeled and creepy yellow wallpaper saying that the worst part was its dull pattern. SURNAME 2 The female characters seem to be against the distinction between men's 'active' work and the 'domestic' functions of women. They reject the gender division that places women in an inferior position. The narrator and Elisa's husbands have reduced them to petulant children who cannot stand up for themselves without seeming disloyal and unreasonable. Despite the women's intellectual capabilities, the mental and physical constraints on them seem to limit them. The narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper has been placed on a compulsory resting cure, forcing her to become completely passive. Elisa in Chrysanthemums seems to be more intelligent than her husband, but she does not even get the chance to manage the ranch. By the end of the stories, both women seem to have survived. Elisa survives when she grows the flowers that even her husband thinks are lovely, and she later gets over him. The Yellow Wallpaper's narrator also seems to have survived since after several days of trying to pull off the wallpaper, she sees a sub-pattern and later, when her husband comes and finds that she has pulled off most of the paper, he faints. She creeps over him, indicating that finally she had survived and regained her power. In conclusion, both stories have a female protagonist living in a society that does not believe that women can exist outside of marriage. Elisa is an oppressed woman, and she seems forgotten by her husband. She turns to her garden for comfort. Similarly, in The Yellow Wallpaper, the oppressed narrator turns to the only thing present in her life for her companion, the dull yellow wallpaper. The female characters seem to be against the distinction between men's 'active' work and the 'domestic' functions of women. By the end of the stories, both women seem to have survived SURNAME 3 SURNAME 4 Works Cited Allen, Elisa. "The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck." https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ #inbox/FMfcgxwLtkcJckkxgHcLqSktpBKBmVSB?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2 Stetson, Charlotte P. The Yellow Wall Paper. Hansebooks GmbH, 2019.