Chessnut and Gilman

Hello classmates and sorry for the delay. I had a great time reading both stories this week. I think the Chessnut story was sort of amusing. What I mean by this is, I got a kick out of reading this tale of witchcraft about a man whose hair and strength would strengthen in the summer and become weaker in the winter. Now I can believe the story about others picking the grapes and eating without permission, but this story was interesting enough that the couple listened without interrupting the negro man. People love to hear about stories that happened in the past and I believe the couple became somewhat excited during the story and purchased the plantation just to have a story to tell of their own. There are people from my generation who tell stories of this caliber that they have heard from generations after generations, but many I don't believe but they do. Sometimes the story is interesting enough to research. I did not take this story beyond what it really was and that was a great way to swindle someone into buying a plantation that became run-down and also reaping the benefits of employement.

The "Yellow Wallpaper was another story I enjoyed reading. Many times I see movies that portray these kinds of things. It made me think that the woman was Bette Davis because this is the kind of role she plays. I think John had had enough with his wife and he tried to lock her away for awhile. He thought for her and he nevered listened to what she had to say. His wife became to independent on him until the end of the story where she started figuring out what he was doing. What do you think?