Read, research and annotate the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem, Dear John Wayne by Louise Erdrich.

Conformities of American society

Read, research and annotate the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem, Dear John Wayne by Louise Erdrich.
Both narrators are expressing dissatisfaction that women and Native Americans have with the conformities of American society.

Describe what those conformities are and, based on your research of those issues, write an analytical essay that defends your topic that these conformities either still exist or no longer exist for both or either of these groups.

Read, research and annotate the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem, Dear John Wayne by Louise Erdrich.
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