How does Gilman’s reasoning reflect her reaction to the social context in which she lived and wrote? Gilman was showing that “rest cures” prescribed by doctors really worked. Gilman was proving that without an education she wouldn’t have recovered. Gilman was challenging the status quo, as many early feminists did. Gilman was challenging the idea that domestic life causes depression.

apprenticeships are formal, paid, long-term training programs that provide valuable classroom instruction coupled with on-the-job training for skilled, high-paying jobs.

ian mortimer in his book "the time traveller's guide to elizabethan england" uses a narrative in his style, which successfully conveys a clear description of the life in england in the 16th century. he writes in second person, which makes it comfortable to reader and easy to understand, he captures the readers attention with views of the landscape, the streets, the people including rich and poor. he also depicts some cultural traits from how people behave, eat or what they wear. his descriptions range from the social, economical, the political power to the examples of the life of common people. it could be tell that this book is about social history rather than a   novel.