For your final reading assignment of this class, you'll read this 10-page short story, The Yellow Wallpaper. This 1892 piece on mental illness is considered an important early American feminist piece, as it seeks to point out the injustice in how women's mental health issues were not taken seriously. For this practice, please focus on how the text uses very specific details to illustrate its point.
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Now, answer the following questions using complete sentences. When you have posted your response, leave a comment on at least two other people's responses. Make sure that your comment participates in the discussion, expanding your thinking beyond simply saying, "I agree."
1. Summarize the text.
2. Identify at least three details that stood out to you. Why? How did they help show us the theme of the text?
3. What did you enjoy about this narrative? What other ideas could you take from this text to incorporate into your own narrative?