The reader can tell that "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is written in the first person point of view because the main character speaks as herself.
In this story, we can see from the very first sentence that a first-person point of view has been selected. The narrator refers to "myself" in the first line and, in the second line, uses the pronoun "I." The narrator depicts the world as she sees and understands it. The style of writing makes it clear that the narrator is describing the world from her own perspective and understanding: "I would say," "I will proudly declare."
