Read the excerpt from "why i wrote 'the yellow wallpaper.'"

then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and by a wise friend, i cast the noted specialist’s advice to the winds and went to work again—work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite—ultimately recovering some measure of power.

which social attitude of gilman’s era does this excerpt demonstrate?

a. working gives people a sense of competence and control.
b. working is something that is done with the hands not the mind.
c. working is only for those who have to make money to survive.
d. working against a doctor’s advice has negative consequences.

A. Working gives people a sense of competence and control.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from ""Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper,'" we can see the description of what the speaker thinks about work. With the phrases "work, the normal life of every human being" and "work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite" the speaker expresses that work gives people a sense of competence, and by saying "ultimately recovering some measure of power" the author expresses that work also gives people a sense of control.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

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