Why Did John Choose That Specific Room?
Why did John choose that specific room?
John’s answer is that there is a room near her bedroom to check on her and the multiple windows in the room allows her to get more air and rest in order to get healthy. John believes that it is best for her to be isolated and away from society due to her mental condition, a “temporary nervous depression” (Perkins Stetson 648).
Which room did the narrator want instead? Why?
She wanted a room downstairs because the room “opened on the the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings” (Perkins Stetson 648).
Focus on the window.
What detail about the window is odd?
The narrator notices that “the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things …show more content…
She describes the wallpaper as “horrid”, “undulating” and having “slanting waves of optic horror, like a lot of wallowing seaweeds in full chase” (Perkins Stetson 649). The narrator also describes the wallpaper as “hideous”, “torturing” and “florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus” (Perkins Stetson 653).
What are John’s reasons for not wanting to repaper the room?
John believed that when they changed the wallpaper, it would have a snowball effect and “it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that vate at the head of the stairs, and so on” (Perkins Stetson 649). He also told her that it is just a rental and they would be leaving soon.
According to the narrator, what is the personality of the wallpaper?
The narrator believes that the wallpaper changes as the day goes on, for example, “worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars” (Perkins Stetson 653). The wallpaper’s personality is dull and the wallpaper “does not do to trust people too much” (Perkins Stetson 655). The wallpaper’s pattern “slaps you in the face you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you” (Perkins Stetson 653).
Focus on John’s attentiveness (and give examples) in each
John’s answer is that there is a room near her bedroom to check on her and the multiple windows in the room allows her to get more air and rest in order to get healthy. John believes that it is best for her to be isolated and away from society due to her mental condition, a “temporary nervous depression” (Perkins Stetson 648).
Which room did the narrator want instead? Why?
She wanted a room downstairs because the room “opened on the the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings” (Perkins Stetson 648).
Focus on the window.
What detail about the window is odd?
The narrator notices that “the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things …show more content…
She describes the wallpaper as “horrid”, “undulating” and having “slanting waves of optic horror, like a lot of wallowing seaweeds in full chase” (Perkins Stetson 649). The narrator also describes the wallpaper as “hideous”, “torturing” and “florid arabesque, reminding one of a fungus” (Perkins Stetson 653).
What are John’s reasons for not wanting to repaper the room?
John believed that when they changed the wallpaper, it would have a snowball effect and “it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that vate at the head of the stairs, and so on” (Perkins Stetson 649). He also told her that it is just a rental and they would be leaving soon.
According to the narrator, what is the personality of the wallpaper?
The narrator believes that the wallpaper changes as the day goes on, for example, “worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars” (Perkins Stetson 653). The wallpaper’s personality is dull and the wallpaper “does not do to trust people too much” (Perkins Stetson 655). The wallpaper’s pattern “slaps you in the face you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you” (Perkins Stetson 653).
Focus on John’s attentiveness (and give examples) in each