Teddy, By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Most teenagers complain that they want to be treated like an adult, arguing that they are no longer a child and are responsible, that they can now manage more on their own. In Teddy by JD Salinger and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the main characters, even though they are not teenagers, tell a story in which they undergo a sense of being treated as younger than they should have been. Because they are treated as children, both Teddy and The Narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper are unable to reach the potential in which are they are capable of achieving. In The Yellow Wallpaper, The Narrator was treated as if she was fragile and could not take care of or make decisions for herself. It was as if she were a china doll that had to be handled with care so as to not fracture it. Therefore, her family kept her secluded in her own home almost completely confined to a room which she did not care for very much. She had hoped to settle in the room that opened onto the piazza, but was instantaneously shot down and instead put into a room which was a “nursery at first and then playroom and gymnasium, [one] could judge; for the windows are barred for little children” (Gilman 180). The Narrator was settled into a room which became her own nursery. She was imprisoned in a room in which there seemed to be
Many adults were awed by his knowledge and strong viewpoint on faith and emotions. However, because he was a child, some of the value his insights contained was lost. His knowledge is treated as a sort of phenomena and he is ultimately paraded around like a trophy being interviewed by a couple colleges in England and while on the cruise home sought out by a teacher, Bob Nicholson. People were interested in what he had to say but it wasn’t necessarily taken seriously. It was as if they thought it was cute how he had such a strong stance on matters, mostly concerning