The fight for freedom in the yellow wallpaper and the story of an hour"The yellow wallpaper" and "The story of an hour" are two very similar stories. Both deal with middle-aged women who want to achieve their freedom. They share the same theme, but convey the message differently in terms of style and quality. The two stories are about women fighting for freedom, happiness, and the ability to be truly expressive in every way possible. The greatest similarity is between the female protagonists of each story. Every woman is desperate for freedom, but is not allowed to have it. In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the female protagonist is depressed. To cure her illness, she is sent with her husband to live in a haunted mansion that's supposed to make her feel better, but that's only...half of the paper...opinion, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." In Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ann Charters and Samuel Charters, Eds. Boston: Bedford Books, 1997. 158-159. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "The yellow background." In Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ann Charters and Samuel Charters, Eds. Boston: Bedford Books, 1997. 230-242.