Early Stream of Consciousness and Feminism in Fiction
Question 4 of 10 • TX-English 8 CR
Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'"Then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and helped by a wise friend, I cast the noted specialist’s advice to the winds and went to work again—work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite—ultimately recovering some measure of power.Which social attitude of Gilman’s era does this excerpt demonstrate?
Answer
A
Working gives people a sense of competence and control.
B
Working is something that is done with the hands not the mind.
C
Working is only for those who have to make money to survive.
D
Working against a doctor’s advice has negative consequences.