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    2. Why does Gilman make both the narrator’s brother and her husband doctors? (Use “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” in your answer). Might the narrator actually be physically ill? Reading “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” I came to feel that Gilman made both the narrator’s brother and husband doctors to make point that men in general were the dominant species. Having both men as doctors shows that men had the well established careers‚ knowledge‚ authority‚ and the women were meant to be

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    accompanied him on the trip‚ but immediately left George and went back to Italy. George worked as a water boy on the railroad until he was old enough to run his own trucking business. George walked into a local story one day and met the owner’s daughter‚ Jennie.

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    consistent feeling for uneasiness and weariness split Furthermore might scarcely gather sufficient vitality should compose in her mystery diary. Fortunately‚ their nanny‚ Mary‚ takes forethought for their baby‚ and John’s sister‚ Jennie‚ is An immaculate maid. The

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    room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper’ and gets into the wallpaper too much that ends up locking herself in. Opinion of Jennie‚ John’s sister‚ also changes. The first description of her in the book is ‘There comes John’s sister. Such a dear girl as she is‚ and so careful of me!(17)’ and later this description changes into ‘Jennie wanted to sleep with me-sly thing!(32)’ This kind of mind changing makes reader confused and doubt about its

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    Health care system all over the world is not very sound and effective both technically and economically (Korenda‚ Gerhardt and Shukla‚ 2015). This requires a reduction in the cost of health care‚ enhancement of patient experience and improvement in clinical quality /population health -generally known as “Triple Aim” is‚ therefore‚ recommended by most of the people and Value Based Care (VBC) has gaining momentum (Berwick‚ 2008). For this purpose‚ a US Health Care System performance dashboard can be

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    The Yellow Wallpaper

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    At this point in the story‚ the narrator is writing about how she caught Jennie‚ the housemaid studying the yellow wallpaper. I found this particularly interesting because Jennie is the only other woman who lives in the house. She too experiences the traditional domestic life of women‚ and I think she is studying the wallpaper because she too notices the abnormal sub-pattern. It seems as if the narrator is worried that Jennie might figure out that there are women trapped behind the paper. I think

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    The story allows the bars of the wallpaper to move and free the woman in the wallpaper from her daytime prison. The other women in the story‚ Jennie and Mary‚ both represent the traditional view of women in the nineteenth century‚ and encompass characteristics that the narrator could never assume. Jennie‚ John’s sister‚ takes care of the house during the narrators illness. She symbolizes the happily domesticated woman who does not find anything wrong with her domestic prison

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    her. The Rest Cure may have betrayed her and Weir Mitchell may be her only hope. I have faith in her so we shall see. I can’t help but notice the constent bring up of Jane’s obsession of the color yellow that Jennie always reports back to me. The sheer reaction of Jane’s horror when Jennie even reaches for the wallpaper is concerning. The only indications that her paranoia is present is the discoloration of her eyes and skin. Jane is alone a lot so it’s the more of the unknown that is the most threatening

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    cure were also forbidden from writing‚ reading‚ sewing‚ talking‚ etc. Jane’s writings take place while she is being treated with rest cure while away for the summer with her husband‚ John‚ their baby and their housekeeper who is also John’s sister‚ Jennie. While on this “vacation” Jane is confined to one room. This room has a bed‚ which is nailed to the floor‚ barred windows‚ and horrible yellow wallpaper. Although they may seem like just parts of a room‚ these three symbols represent Jane’s confinement

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    She does not like when John or Jennie touch it‚ and is terrified that they may all see the same thing that she sees within the boundaries of the yellowed wallpaper: bars made of the darker parts of the wallpaper‚ trapping the woman in the lighter‚ peeled parts within the bars confines

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