Through my reading of Herland so far, I can tell that it is a book of Realism. The storyline so far, containing a group of men who are setting out on an adventure, portrays the characters and setting as common of the time period. The main characters are all apparently middle-class, which is another common aspect of the characters of Realism. They all seem to be a fairly average group of buddies who are going out on an excursion.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman seems to take a fairly simple approach to the telling of her story. She has so far told it in an orderly fashion with no real focus on small detail. She is basically simply telling readers what they need to know to understand and grasp the story that she intends to tell.
The fact that the author of this book, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper"may be a sign that these characters will not be the same in the beginning of the book as they will be in the end. They have already stumbled upon an unusual place through their excursion. I think that these characters may end up being somehow changed by this place that they have found and that it will have an effect on the rest of their lives.
