Compare And Contrast The Yellow Wallpaper And The Saboteur

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Compare and contrast Trying to express yourself sometimes is not always a good idea especially when someone is arguing with another while that other person is older or above the law. The way the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the story “The Saboteur” compare and contrast is where both Mr. Chiu and John’s wife try to do the things that seemed right to express themselves the way they wanted but at the end which was wrong and which made them get treated in a way that they did not like whether it was by a love one or by the law enforcement. Growing up, many parents always tell their child to be careful in whatever that they are doing. When the individual is young, they might say that the parent is annoying or that the parent is bothering them …show more content…

The wife in the story was not able to do things for herself because her husband did not believe that she could do things for she also did not allow her to do so. She also says, women around that time were dominated by their husbands; which means not only the wife in the story, even if she wasn’t mentally sick, she would still not be able to do things on her own because she would still depend on her husband for things just because that is how things would be done around that time. This is where the two stories come in “The yellow Wallpaper” and the “Saboteur” the reason is. When the husband was in jail, he couldn’t do things for himself, he had to rely on his wife although he did not believe that she would get him out on time. Although he would call her names and had a wrong attitude towards her, he was not thinking about how grateful he should have been because the wife did not have to get him out of that place if she did not want him …show more content…

As they are eating, they saw that there were police officers in the restaurant which they did not give too much attention too. As Mr. Chiu and his wife were having a good time, one of the officer approached him and threw a bowl of tea in the direction their direction, which also happened to wet his shoes. No one likes to be treated as is if they were lower than anyone else even if it was the case, the other person that caused the problem, most of the tine should expect the other individual to react. Mr. Chiu got to his feet and said out loud “Comrade Policeman, why did you do this?” (Jin. P393). At this point, Mr. Chiu tried to do the right thing, which was to defend himself in front of his wife. It seemed as if it was a good idea at the time but as the hours go by, he was still going at it with the officers, which he also gave them a reason to take him to jail because now he was disturbing the other people at the restaurant by raising his