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Modern American Literature: Rise of Realism

The Yellow Wallpaper At first Jane was just expressing her feelings but then towards the end she was acting all crazy and ripping down wallpaper. What made her upset was when John didn’t care what she had to say which caused her to rip down wallpaper. This paragraph will be about the dynamic character, how Jane changes in the story. She has watched her sometimes away off into the open country creeping as fast as a cloud shadow in a high wind. She kept on creeping just the same but I looked at him over my shoulder in a happy way. The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out. She got up shortly and went to feel and see if the wallpaper did more. This paragraph will be about the mood of the character. She had a description for each hour in the day her husband takes care of her. She gets upset towards the end of the story and starts ripping down wallpaper. She love to write but john, her husband, doesn’t care or like what she is expresses which makes Jane mad and lose control. This paragraph will be about the dialect of the story and character. My darling he said, “I beg of you for my sake and for your child’s sake and as well as your own that will never for one instant let that idea enter your mind.” John says to Jane, “Why are you ripping down the wallpaper, what is wrong with you.” “I don’t weigh a bit more” said I, neither as much and my appetite maybe better in the evening when you are here but it is worse in the morning when you are away Jane. This paragraph will be about the conclusion, which raps up the story. Jane was crazy because John doesn’t like her writing or expressing her feelings. She was nice at the beginning of the story. That was the story about a lady named Jane, who was all kind and light at first but in the end she went all choppy and dark. || 

Choose one of the stories to apply feminist criticism to the reading. Identify the protagonist and antagonist and describe their relationship as it relates to the theme. How does the relationship to the foil, if there is one, reflect the theme? Identify whether the protagonist is round or flat, dynamic or static. Support your response with examples from the text.
 * Chopin’s “Story of and Hour” and Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”**

The Yellow Wallpaper This story is about a character named Jane who is also the narrator of the story. At first she was all nice and sweet but john is sometimes mean to her but he doesn’t care about what she has to say. So then she gets all crazy and starts ripping of wallpaper pieces to pieces. The antagonist is the husband because he gets on Jane’s nerves and she is really annoyed with him. The protagonist is Jane because, she is the main character and she is really the only person talking in the story so she is pretty much talking to herself. The foil between Jane and John is very complicated, So Jane would always write in her journal about her thoughts and opinions. John is aggravating at points of time, in the text he says he has no patients with faith and an intense superstition and Jane is sick of it and that’s how she goes crazy. Jane is a round character because she shows a lot of characteristics and a lot of emotions. John is the flat character because he doesn’t really talk much in the story so we don’t know much about her. Jane is also the dynamic character because she goes from being nice and sweet to crazy and psycho. John is the static character because he never changes in the story so he stayed the same. In the text she says she is ripping wallpaper limb from limb, and John freaked out about what happened. Also in the text her finger were bleeding and all dusty and dirty and was lying on top of her husband’s dead body. So that’s what happened in the story of “The Yellow Wallpaper”.

Why do you think that John doesn’t care what the narrator has to say? What in the text shows this? You do a good job of identifying the emotions of the characters and this shows a lot about your understanding of the story. Possibly saying more of what pushes the characters to these emotions would be really interesting for a reader to know- something to think about. Do you think the narrator has good reason to be upset with John? Why? You portray very clearly the static and dynamic character and over all you do a great job of portraying what roles the characters play, but possibly further explaining what evidence in the text supports these claims could really fill-out your paper.

Select an example of imagery that creates the mood of the story? How does the mood of the setting reflect the character’s motivations driven by their id, ego, and superego?
 * Crane’s “Mystery of Heroism”**


 * Jordan Kloster Mystery of Heroism by: Stephan Crane

I’m going to tell you a summarization about mystery of heroism. The imagery was when they were in the civil war and a guy named Fred Collins. They were fighting in war while Collins wanted some water but the sergeant says can’t you wait then Collins says “no can do sir” (p.1). so Collins had to go to the middle of the war to get a drink from the well and the other guys say can you get us some water too, Collins says get it yourself, the sergeant says get them some water too private. When he was getting water he smelled something in the air that was suspenseful odor from a conflagration. The battery was arguing in tremendous roars. The sight Collins saw was grass rippling gently in the breeze. What he felt was very aware of wheel ruts and hoof prints beneath his feet. The mood created was very suspenseful. The mood in the story was intense because the battle seen all the fighting going on and the madness. ||

How does the author indirectly characterize the protagonist through the use of dialect? What does this tell us about the character? How are they influenced by their id, ego, or superego?
 * Wharton’s “April Showers” and Twain’s “The Invalid’s Story”**

This story is about a girl who wanted to be a novelist writer and wanted to make enough money to support her parents but right now she is somewhat on a good pace. The dialect to me is “I suppose you didn’t get home from the ball till morning” (p.647). Her mom was sick so she took care of her and the rest of her family and she would write on her spare time, when everyone was taken care of. She is hoping she will be a famous writer that she will have enough money to help her family so then everyone will be ok. So the id of this story was to be a novelist writer. Uncle James was the dynamic character because he changed in the story and Doctor Dace is the static character in the story because he never changes in the story.
 * April Showers

The Invalid Story This story is about a guy who wanted to get away from the smelling of cheese, but never could. He has been passing it by the car and still he cannot pass it. Also there was something about a guy on a train named Thompson. Not sure what that is all about. The protagonist is the Narrator and the antagonist is Thompson. I think the narrator changed throughout the whole story which means he is the dynamic character and Thompson stayed the same throughout the whole story which means he is a static character. That’s what I think happened in the invalid story. Jordan Kloster Mystery of Heroism by: Stephan Crane

I’m going to tell you a summarization about mystery of heroism. The imagery was when they were in the civil war and a guy named Fred Collins. They were fighting in war while Collins wanted some water but the sergeant says can’t you wait then Collins says “no can do sir” (p.1). so Collins had to go to the middle of the war to get a drink from the well and the other guys say can you get us some water too, Collins says get it yourself, the sergeant says get them some water too private. When he was getting water he smelled something in the air that was suspenseful odor from a conflagration. The battery was arguing in tremendous roars. The sight Collins saw was grass rippling gently in the breeze. What he felt was very aware of wheel ruts and hoof prints beneath his feet. The mood created was very suspenseful. The mood in the story was intense because the battle seen all the fighting going on and the madness. //With this writing I think that you are saying that the story as a whole was very suspenseful and intense because of the sensory details the author includes. You do a great job of pulling from the text to support your claims! This is a great aspect of the writing you do here and it helps me as the reader understand more what you are talking about. Good job! But what does the text you talk about mean for the story as a whole? What do you think Collins being very aware of what is going on around him does for the whole story? Why would Crane include these details that make the story intense or suspenseful? Do you think Collins being aware of the rippling grass, or the hoof prints is important? Why? // ||