Mind Games

The mind is a very powerful tool and plays a huge role in a person’s life especially in these two characters. One character is from “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and the other in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Although their particular situations differ between each character, one thing is constant, the affects of their mind upon their circumstances. The first character to be discussed is Peyton Farquhar …

…spite of you and Jane. And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!”’ (549) Jane has lost her mind and created a second personality, in which neither John nor her former self could control. Both Peyton and Jane thought they had experienced these events or seen things that were not real, but they were merely thoughts and imagines produced in their mind. This was their way of escaping.