Miss Brill
Andrea Johnson
Essay Two Assignment
WRT 102
October 4, 2000
Characters in “Miss Brill”
Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” is a story that makes one consider the inevitability of growing older. The events of the story are told through the eyes of Miss Brill. In the beginning of the story, the reader is given the impression that Miss Brill is a young, confident woman. But in the end, one is shocked that she must be an older, even …
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…t she keep her silly old mug at home? (122).
>From this point on in the story, Miss Brill’s attitude is changed. She is no longer filled with joy from the activities of the day. She grudgingly goes home, bypassing her “Sunday treat” (123). A day that was once so positive, was suddenly diminished by one overheard conversation. It makes me recall the saying, “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
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