The Yellow Wall Paper

In the early twentieth century a writer’s work usually represented one’s surroundings. In the stories “Wunderkind” by Carson McCullers and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charolotte Gilman, there are examples of the immediate surroundings taking affect in their writings. Both writers prove a point, conditions and attitudes presented in the early 20th century influenced and often extinguished the potential or imagination of the artist. In most cases a person becomes what his/her surroundings …showed first 75 words of 1819 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1819 total…a great pianist at a young age. The reason that Carson McCullers could describe this story so well is because he experienced somewhat of the same life as her character did. At one point in both these authors lives, conditions or attitudes present in the early 20th century influenced and extinguished their potential or imagination of their lives. These books were important because they taught others about problems in society that needed to be changed.