Analyze the significant language, imagery, and symbols used in the text. After Barbara analyzes the short story, she basically highlights that Gilman was trying to make a feminist statement. Suess also goes into detail about the representation of patriarchy in society and connects it to the text. The article showed that a form of patriarchy was introduced into the story and that Gilman used John to represent a patriarchy and society. Barbara said that in the story John clearly represents law, order and reality. The article revealed that John's repression of Jane's efforts to gain control over her life through her choice of medicine and the opportunity to write reflects Jane's more general oppression as a woman and as a mentally ill person. . I believe this article would be helpful for my research paper because it goes into detail about the story and talks about specific symbols used in the text that point to my theory of how Gilman is making a feminist statement in