In at least 150 words, describe what effect is achieved by narrating "The Yellow Wallpaper" in first-person point of view. How would this effect be different were it narrated in another point of view?
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“The Yellow Wallpaper” in its original form has the main character a lady protagonist narrating the entire story from her perspective. This means the reader gets to understand that the author of the story might have gone through at least some of the experiences narrated in it, if not all. The other part is that the personal likes and dislikes of whatever she sees and shares in the story could be the author’s own view point and that comes through the character. The reader gets the feeling that the character felt the person she sees within the wallpaper was partly she herself based on certain incidents she had experienced as a child.
Now, if the same story were to be told by a third person and not the character herself, it can add a few more insights on certain situations, particularly the way the wallpaper is perceived by the character. The story may not communicate that effectively to the reader, the emotions felt by the character, under different situations, within the story.
The main character frictional journal which shows the narration on what she is thinking.
It is focused on her perceptions and feelings that are explained in the whole story.
There is a conscious shift that is narrated since the narrator slowly goes to the insanity that affects her off perception and thinking.