The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlo

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asks, “why the house had stood so long untenanted,” he just laughs at her and doesn’t even investigate about it, which proves that he just let it go and does nothing about it. And that is what he does throughout the whole story. Also he “scoffs openly at any talk.” This means that he doesn’t talk about his problems and he would prefer to keep things bottled up then to express how he is really feeling. He is also always “going into town for more serious cases.” This is another way in which John deals with his problems, he runs away from them. He also avoids the actual subject by calling his wife a cute name like, “bless her little heart,” and, “my blessed little goose.” These quotes just make it so he doesn’t have to answer the question and then he has relinquished himself from the situation. Another thing that he does to handle obstacles is he lies. When the narrator says that she ...

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problem was when he just avoided the problem she just let it be when she should have persisted. Also, if she has an obstacle to get around, she focuses on that obstacle until she can clear it. This is shown with the lady in the wallpaper. All she thought about was the lady and how she could get her free from the wallpaper. She spent days plotting how to do so. And she persisted on it until the task at hand was completed. So although she has some traits that are the same as John’s when dealing with obstacles, she also has some effective ones in which make her a little better in dealing with the problems.
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