Another thing that he does to handle problems is he lies. When the narrator says that she doesn't feel any better, and this happens often, then he just says, "you are getting better, you are eating more and you have more color today." So john handles his problems in a useless and ineffective manner. The narrator however handles things in a much more specific manner. The number one thing that made her relaxed and that calmed her down was her journal. She would write about everything that happened not to read it later but so she was more relaxed and could think a little clearer with whatever she wrote not in her mind. The whole story is her journal and she writes mostly about the wallpaper and how her husband is always gone. This journal idea is necessary because we know what she is thinking and that really helps people to understand the story and her character better. Also, in order for her to forget about her surroundings she studies the wallpaper. This method, similar to her husbands, just shows that she is avoiding the problem as well. She spends hours constantly following the pattern of the wallpaper. The curves and patterns that go along it confuse her. This is escaping her from the difficulty nearby and she doesn't deal with them directly sometimes. However, different from John, she always wanted to talk about her condition and other problems that they had. Her trouble was when he just avoided the problem she just let it be when she should have continued. Also, if she has a barrier to get around, she focuses on that barrier until she can clear it. This is shown with the lady in the wallpaper. All she thought about was the lady and how she could get her free from the wallpaper. She spent days plotting how to do so. And she continued on it until the task close by was completed. So although she has some traits that are the same as John's when dealing with problems, she also has some valuable ones in which make her a little better in dealing with the problems.
