Pros and cons to telling parents counselors or trusted adults about you being bullied?

there really arent any cons but I recomend going to your parents because half the time the schools dont do anything, and good luck and I hope things get better.

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.