Discussion Questions for “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore” by Sherman Alexie
The Yellow Wallpaper
Discussion Questions
Half and Half (95-104).
Fate and faith come up several times throughout the story. What is the difference between the two?
Does one have anything to do with shaping the other? Find textual evidence to support your assertion.
The yellow wallpaper is a story about a woman who is living in a colonial mansion with her husband. She feels uncomfortable in the house and starts to see things in the wallpaper that she doesn't like. The story is about her trying to get rid of the things she sees in the wallpaper.
The couple is living in the colonial mansion because the husband is a doctor and he was offered a job there. The history of the house is not really known, but it is thought that it may have been a mental hospital at some point. The heroine does not feel comfortable in the house, but she does not know why. She starts to see things in the wallpaper that she doesn't like, and she tries to get rid of them.
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