The Yellow Wallpaper

Today, in AP Lit we began reading a diary of a woman with postpartum depression. The woman was put into a room with yellow wallpaper, which she thought were out to get her. The woman was told to refrain from intellectual activities until she was better, but she often found herself writing in her diary. We were asked what the color yellow symbolizes to us and I chose “Bone Cancer Free”. A yellow ribbon symbolizes a person who has overcome bone cancer. Reading this story gives readers a good glance inside the mind of a person with postpartum depression.