A READERS RESPONSE CRITICISM 

OF THE STORY 

"THREE THANKSGIVING"

 THE READERS RESPONSE CRITIQUE OF THE STORY

"THREE THANKSGIVING"

                                                                  (by: Cherry Mae)

 Author: CHARLOTTE PERKINS 

Book Tittle: THREE THANKSGIVING

Publisher Year: 1909

           The Readers Response critical approach the primary focus falls on the readers rather than on the author or the text.

           I appreciate the story of the three thanksgiving, i also admire this story because the woman in the story didn't give up and she solve her problem very well, even at first she didn't know what to do and he think to marry the man who have holds the small mortgage on her house just don't lose the house on her, but she realize that he don't need to do that, she can solve it by her efforts. Because of her efforts she solve her problem, she save a money from the income of her business, a girl boarding house business, then she pay off all the loan from Mr. Butts and she also save a maney for their thanksgiving.

             Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born as Charlotte Anna Perkins on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. Gilman's father, Frederick Perkins—a librarian and editor—deserted the family when the author was an infant."Three Thanksgivings," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was first published in Gilman's magazine, Forerunner, in 1909. The story and many of the other works published in the magazine have received very little critical attention, since most critics have tended to focus on Gilman's novella, The Yellow Wallpaper. Nevertheless, "Three Thanksgivings" contains themes that are common to many of Gilman's stories, including women's struggle for economic independence despite social pressures and the possibility of women being forced to enter into undesirable marriages.