Quote:
“John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. I am glad my case is not serious! But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing. John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him” (Perkins 810)
Summary:
This quote is one of the main character’s thoughts about her illness when she is resting looking through the window of her room. She is explaining why John, her husband, is not with her all the time, and how she really feels about her illness, which is basically neurasthenia.
Response:
Here again, the figure of the husband appears, but this time it is an absent husband, who believes his wife is not sick, however, she is still in the mental institution, or holiday house. At this point the caring John has gone back to his normal life, where he is a physician and he is helping his patients who have serious cases. But why John would leave her alone and go back to his normal life? Basically, he is trying to hide his wife from society, since she is not sick, but she might cause trouble for him and his job.
It is really interesting how the main character talks about her illness, she says “I am glad my case is not serious!”. She puts this phrase as if she was glad her husband didn’t spend time with her, and she was happy she is alone. But also, it could be a sarcastic comment about what her husband thinks of her, she could be saying “how can my case not be serious?”. It is like she is declaring that she truly is sick but her husband doesn’t see it. Plus, it could also mean that she is glad her case is not serious so she doesn’t have to trouble her husband too much. All these possibilities could put together to understand the main character. This woman, who is supposedly sick, is been told that she is not sick, when she truly is sick, and she is taking pills for this sickness. Plus, she is starting to understand that her husband can’t help her, because he doesn’t understand; thus, she is alone with an illness that nobody but her understands.
“John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious. I am glad my case is not serious! But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing. John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him” (Perkins 810)
Summary:
This quote is one of the main character’s thoughts about her illness when she is resting looking through the window of her room. She is explaining why John, her husband, is not with her all the time, and how she really feels about her illness, which is basically neurasthenia.
Response:
Here again, the figure of the husband appears, but this time it is an absent husband, who believes his wife is not sick, however, she is still in the mental institution, or holiday house. At this point the caring John has gone back to his normal life, where he is a physician and he is helping his patients who have serious cases. But why John would leave her alone and go back to his normal life? Basically, he is trying to hide his wife from society, since she is not sick, but she might cause trouble for him and his job.
It is really interesting how the main character talks about her illness, she says “I am glad my case is not serious!”. She puts this phrase as if she was glad her husband didn’t spend time with her, and she was happy she is alone. But also, it could be a sarcastic comment about what her husband thinks of her, she could be saying “how can my case not be serious?”. It is like she is declaring that she truly is sick but her husband doesn’t see it. Plus, it could also mean that she is glad her case is not serious so she doesn’t have to trouble her husband too much. All these possibilities could put together to understand the main character. This woman, who is supposedly sick, is been told that she is not sick, when she truly is sick, and she is taking pills for this sickness. Plus, she is starting to understand that her husband can’t help her, because he doesn’t understand; thus, she is alone with an illness that nobody but her understands.
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