"The Yellow Wallpaper"

Who else feels weird and demented after reading this, this ... I don't even know what to call it. I'm just so frusterated with this reading, it just doesn't make sense. I found myself getting bored and zoning out into space, however, I snapped myself out of it after I discovered I was touching the wallpaper in front of me.

What I'm getting from this, is that the woman who is writing this (Gilman) is really writing about herself. I don't think this is a work of fiction, I actually believe it's a look into the mental stability of Gilman herself. Throughout the readings it seems as the woman who is helplessly locked in her attic doesn't quite "grasp" what's happening to her. Could she be considered a prisioner? I think so.

Her husband who shall remain nameless, has many restraints placed on her throughout the story. However, I don't think she wants to believe this notion. Strange? I think so. Although maybe it's not all her fault that she slips deeper into her weird/and strange behaviors. Her bed is nailed to the floor, and her windows have bars over them. Then mysterically as she peers into the wallpaper she sees a woman. The woman is also imprisioned by bars, how likely. I felt that her husband and the wallpaper and the mysterious woman all were connected in some sort of manner.

Overall, the reading was decent. I mean I felt weird and strange after reading it -- now my wallpaper is talking to me and looking at me. :shrugs: Who knows.