The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 1308 Words

The constant act of avoiding the worth women have in society spirals down to the core fact how women are envisioned inferior to men. In The Ways We Lie by Stephanie Ericsson, the simple declaration, â€Å"We lie. We all do. We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation, we spare people’s feelings, we conveniently forget, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big-guy’s institutions.† Depicts how far lies have come to fit in the spectrum of society, which has inevitably caused women to lose their voice in established lies – mistaken as truths – into thinking that the unfair treatment they receive is what they deserve. Furthermore, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman focuses on the narrator; a woman during the†¦show more content†¦He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.† Finishing by adding, â€Å"And what can one do?† We come to realize that she isn’t as oblivious as she may seem, and with the last statement made, she is aware that her viewpoint won’t be taken into consideration. Her husband’s actions coincidentally are defined in Webster’s dictionary, as mentioned in The Ways We Lie, for lie: anything that gives or is meant to give a false impression. In addition, we are introduced to the narrator from The Yellow Wallpaper’s discontentment towards the kind of â€Å"recuperation process† she is undergoing. Despite her colorless world, she believes how â€Å"congenial work, with excitement and change† would serve her well, but she is absolutely forbidden to â€Å"work† until she is well again (Gilman Par. 5). Yet, in spite of her interest in stepping foot outside her bedroom, socializing, and writing as a cathartic release, her husband easily disregards her suggestions and reminds her how she should simply take a nap or stay indoors and as submissive as any wife in society was at this point, she obliges (Gilman Pg. 4). This is a very accurate example of how stereotypes and clichà ©s, number 6 in The Ways We Lie, lists â€Å"all the â€Å"isms† – racism, sexism, ageism, et al. – are founded on and fueled by the stereotype and the clichà ©, which are lies of exaggeration, omission,