“Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman has been analyzed by many readers and writers. In my research article I analyzed the work of Ann Oakley and Karen Ford. These two authors had similar but at the same time different topics. During my review process of both articles, I discovered that there can be many interpretations of any literary work. When you typically see topics written about women, you tend to see distorted explanations. Reading them from a female point of view, one would assume that the writer will only stand up for what is morally right. In the literary review, written by Ann Oakley, she included in her research there are three main differences that she interpreted in her analysis regarding women. The difference between Health, Health Care and Medical Care is somewhat inconsistent with each other. Medical care is easily defined; he described it as if he had received medical care from a professional doctor. This professional medical care is provided to patients to cure or prevent diseases or any medical discrepancy. Health care is not necessarily provided by medical professionals. It can be provided by a group of non-medical staff, by non-professional groups or administered by oneself. The last term mentioned is health, it is the most complex of the three and in no way resembles the other two. Health requires good social relationships between individuals. Other topics mentioned in the Oakley review were also the three unresolved issues with women and health. She listed the following three topics regarding the production, reproduction, and medicalization of the psychological costs of women's mental illnesses. She also researched health and social products among women. When Oakley talks about production, he talks about economy and employment... at the center of the paper... are the roles of women in society and in the family. It's pretty interesting how many biased readers and writers we have in this world. There are so many people who are so quick to label women and men based on very simplistic roles in society. Men believe that women have something to prove or justify, but only in the domestic sphere. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this story and the literary reviews by Ann Oakley and Karen Ford. WORKS CITED Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The yellow wallpaper." Booth, Alison and Kelly J. Mays, eds. Norton's introduction to literature. 10th ed. New York: Norton, 2010. 354-65. Print.Ford, Karen. "Yellow Wallpaper and Women's Speech." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 4.2 (1985): 309-14. JSTOR. Network. April 6, 2011.Oakley, Ann. "Beyond the yellow background." Reproductive Health Issues 5.10 (1997): 29-39. JSTOR. Network. April 7 2011.
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