Human beings are fragile creatures; therefore, they need some kinds of treatment when they are suffering from any diseases. However, treatments can play a big role in the psychology of the patients. Some treatments require people to stay at home and do some simple activities; but such treatments will destroy the desire of freedom of these people and can lead to tremendous results. This assertion is exemplified by patients from two short stories The Deep by Anthony Doerr and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
The Deep is the story about a man named Tom who is diagnosed with Atrial Septal Defect, a disease which kills most people when they reach eighteen. When first identified that illness, Tom is restrained from doing anything outside and just allowed to do some chores. However, after he meets Ruby, who brings with him the amazement of the marine life, his desire to discover the outside world is kindled. After intervention from Mr. Weems, he is permitted to walk outside and along with Ruby discovers some little amazing things in the surrounding.
The Yellow Wallpaper is also about a patient who is considered as suffering from temporary nervous depression by her …show more content…
They are diagnosed with some kinds of disease which restrict the activities. However, both of them have shown a great desire to break free from such confinement. In The Deep, Tom “missed school. He misses the sky. He misses everything. When Mr. Weems is in the mine and the mother is downstairs, Tom often slips into the end of the hall and lifts aside the curtains and presses his forehead to the glass” (Doerr 140). Same as Tom, the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper “disagrees” with the idea and keeps on writing even with the chance of meeting “with heavy oppression” (Gilman 648). This is a natural desire of human beings. When they are restrained to live in a small area, humans usually have a tendency to break free and discover the outer
The Deep is the story about a man named Tom who is diagnosed with Atrial Septal Defect, a disease which kills most people when they reach eighteen. When first identified that illness, Tom is restrained from doing anything outside and just allowed to do some chores. However, after he meets Ruby, who brings with him the amazement of the marine life, his desire to discover the outside world is kindled. After intervention from Mr. Weems, he is permitted to walk outside and along with Ruby discovers some little amazing things in the surrounding.
The Yellow Wallpaper is also about a patient who is considered as suffering from temporary nervous depression by her …show more content…
They are diagnosed with some kinds of disease which restrict the activities. However, both of them have shown a great desire to break free from such confinement. In The Deep, Tom “missed school. He misses the sky. He misses everything. When Mr. Weems is in the mine and the mother is downstairs, Tom often slips into the end of the hall and lifts aside the curtains and presses his forehead to the glass” (Doerr 140). Same as Tom, the woman in The Yellow Wallpaper “disagrees” with the idea and keeps on writing even with the chance of meeting “with heavy oppression” (Gilman 648). This is a natural desire of human beings. When they are restrained to live in a small area, humans usually have a tendency to break free and discover the outer