Unreliable Narrator

The narrator of Yellow Wallpaper is an unrealizable narrator because she is of deteriorating mental health. At first I felt that she was being ganged up on by her husband and sister. Then as her mental stability faltered it was apparent that her account of the story may be unreliable. Throughout the story I found it hard to tell if what was said by the narrator had any true value. Since at the beginning of the story the narrator is a reliable source to the reader and presents an honest account of the events I found that it was hard to break the habit of believing what she said later. I kept thinking that maybe I could be wrong and these people in the wallpaper were actual. It seemed plausible after reading many novels with science fictional elements. Ultimately the reader cannot rely on what they are reading to be a true account. I needed to research a bit about the purpose of the short story and what the author had in mind when writing it just as a way to draw a final conclusion as to what had truly happened in "Yellow Wallpaper". Such a narrator can many times provide the reader with more valuable information. Since the character is supposed to be of ill mental state they are not concerned with what other characters view them as. This freedom from peer pressure makes the narrator more honest.