How does the narrator’s description of the wallpaper change over time? how is the wallpaper representative of the domestic sphere? the story is the yellow wallpaper

The narrator becomes obsessed with the color and design of the wallpaper. It reminds her of all the yellow things she has seen in her life, and she even distinguishes its smell.

As the story continues, the narrator imagines there are women crawling inside a cage (trying to escape) in the design of the wall. She also believes that she is one of those women. Finally, she refuses to leave the room, since it is the only room of the house in which she feels safe.

As regards the domestic sphere, the wallpaper represents the lack of life outside marriage and children that women had at the time. The narrator's vision of women encaged on the wall symbolizes women who were trapped in the family system, and who were wrongly diagnosed with mental issues.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)