The point of view from which they tell the story helps contribute to the story because it helps you see the story from their perspective. If you read these events from the second or third person point of view, you wouldn't have the same feeling that you get when reading them from the first person point of view. This article is in response to the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This short story was about a woman who was suffering from a serious illness. She was convinced that the room she was in was once a room for small children. For a while John thinks his condition is improving, when in reality it is only getting worse due to his obsession with wallpaper and his lack of sleep. Over time she came to believe that women were creeping into her room and that she was once inside and escaped