According to the narrator what is trapped behind the wallpaper

The Narrator believes that she can see a woman trying to get out from her yellow wallpaper in their bedroom.  The narrator had been suffering from a serious case of nervous depression. She used to have a very creative imagination which led to her fixation on the patterns of their yellow wallpaper. As the day passed, she believes that there were gradual changes in the pattern. From the very start, she knew that it was not her imagining things but something is really queer about their new house. In the end, the narrator realized, she was the woman trying to get out from the yellow wallpaper pattern.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.