One theme from Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" is that people can become mentally unstable without the freedom to express themselves. Which excerpt from the story best supports this theme? A. I am getting angry enough to do something desperate.
B. But I am here, and no person touches this paper but me — not ALIVE!
C. I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
D. There is nothing to hinder my writing as much as I please, save lack of strength.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house