In 1892 Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote a short story known as "The Yellow Wallpaper". The story is based on how society treated and viewed women during the late 19th century. It involves an unknown narrator who is believed to be suffering from temporary nervous depression. The story is conveyed through a partial first-person point of view because it is presented through the narrator's personal diary. To treat and cure her of this acute form of depression, the narrator's doctor husband, John, prescribes the "rest cure." (Gilman) The “rest cure” (Gilman) required the narrator “to give up intellectual and social stimulation and to eat and sleep indulgently.” (Scott) This meant that the narrator couldn't do what she loves most and that is writing. However, this did not stop the narrator because the story is conveyed through a partial first-person point of view presented through the narrator's personal journal. The unnamed narrator disagreed with this method and thought that "that congenial work, with excitement and change" (Gilman), would be a more effective cure. However, the prescribed treatment fails and the narrator experiences a dramatic change in her mental stability and begins to lose touch with reality. The reason she begins to lose touch with the real word is because with every second the narrator spends in that room she becomes more and more “adjusted to her surroundings.” (Scott) It is essential to understand that as the narrator continually loses touch with the real world, he is developing a better understanding of the inner reality of his life. Through developing a greater awareness of the inner reality of his life, the narrator experiences a split in his personality. The split in her personality is crucial... at the center of the card... herself. Because the reader is given only one perspective throughout the story, they are almost forced to trust the narrator as trustworthy. However, the fact that Gilman conveys this story through the unknown narrator's diary is what ultimately made the narrator unreliable. Since the narrator writes in her diary, she does not worry about criticism or the perception of other individuals. This is an essential aspect because it allowed her to write honestly about what she felt and how she actually visualized her surroundings. If her husband John's perspective were used, the reader would not only have a completely different story, but also a completely biased view of the unknown narrator. One of the most important factors is that his diary entries were authentic, so it allowed the reader to get all the clues and come up with their own diagnosis..