But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief. Half the time now I am awfully lazy,. and lie down ever so much. o John says I mustn't lose my strength,.
Green: I feel like John could be pushing her around a little bit. Instead of comforting his wife, he is choosing to tell her stop whining about it and get over it.
The furniture in this room is no worse than inharmonious, however, for we had to bring it all from downstairs. I suppose when this was used as a playroom they had to take the nursery things out, and no wonder! I never saw such raV.lges as the children have made here.
Yellow: At first, the narrator loved this house and now he/she basically hates it. She is talking about all the details that make this house look terrible and how it's driving her crazy.
John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.
Green: John does not know about how the narrator is getting because he is always to busy with work and his hard cases. Maybe if he payed attention to the narrator, he/she would be feeling better.
It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide
Yellow: The narrator is obviously describing the he feels about life at the moment and because of it, maybe having suicidal thoughts.
It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore.
Green: Based on this quote, there is a lot of space in this house. By describing this house more and more, I know that something big is going to happen here.
My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.
Orange: If the narrator's brother has so much to relate to John, why does he show anger towards John but not his brother?
So I take phosphates or phosphiteswhichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again.
Blue: this reminds of the Great depression because this quote is talking about "journeys" and "work".
I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes. I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.
Orange: I do not understand why the narrator get so mad at John due to a nervous condition. And he also says that he "never used to be this sensitive". But all of a sudden he is?
John is a physician, and perltaps -(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind -) per/zaps that is one reason I do not get well faster.
Green: The text is describing John in significant ways. It is also talking about the he does and what he possibly can do.