Setting and Point of View in The Yellow Wallpaper

I very much enjoyed The Yellow Wallpaper. It held for me many of the points that were made in the BIL about the strength of a good setting and point of view by a character. The first person narrative taken in the story by Gilman really allows for the reader to understand the condition of the character in the story. Her usage of the yellow wallpaper to represent the deteriorating mindset of the woman as she slowly crept into her mental illness allowed for the setting itself to be an important character as well. This was my favorite story for this particular assignment because I feel that Gilman was able to invoke so much from her characters and setting, giving both a key role in how her story played itself out. In reading from one of the earlier blogs that she suffered from a similar illness makes sense since the mindset of that person comes through so strongly in the work.