... opposite on all fronts. Another reason why The Yellow Wallpaper seems to be difficult to read and comprehend is that Gilman uses high level diction in contrast to Shiloh, Mason uses vocabulary that is closer to the common vernacular. "A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the ... Coincidentally, is one of the biggest reasons why this story is so abnormal. Nothing is out in the open and clear like it is in Shiloh, but instead everything is shrouded behind that wallpaper. "Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... men. As this thought process becomes more widely spread, more and more women are seeing the truth of it. In the short stories Shiloh and The Astronomer's Wife this theme of realization and liberation is dominant. In the story Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason we are introduced to Norma Jean. She is a wife to an injured trucker named Leroy. Our first glimpse ... trapped and she needs out. She finally decides to get out and end her relationship with her husband while they were having a picnic at the old civil war battleground of Shiloh. This is a very symbolic place for this situation. Here was ...

• Word Count: 1902
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School