Miss Brill
Hannah Ingrim
ENGL A211
M/W 11:30 Miss Brill
Miss Brill is a short story written by a young lady named Katherine Mansfield in 1921. Mansfield was born and grew up in New Zealand, but at the age of 19, took her life over to London to further her writing career. Her main interest was writing short stories until she was diagnosed with extra pulmonary tuberculosis, which lead to her death at age 34. In my character analysis, I will break down the different parts of Miss Brill and analyze and explain her person. The first main characteristic I noticed about Miss Brill was how lonely she seemed to be. She spends every Sunday at the same park, watching the same band, sitting next to the same couples. The way the story was laid out, Miss Brill seemed like she would be an older woman, but there was no specific hints or clues to reveal her age. Every Sunday, she walks to watch the same band play, picks up a slice of honey cake, and walks back to what sounds like an empty home. Another characteristic that stood out to me was how observant she was in the large crowd. How every Sunday she watched the old couple next to her, wishing they would speak …show more content…
I feel, with all the passers she watches, as if she makes a story out of all of it and everyone. That it’s possible some of the people she tells about are completely different than she describes them, but that is how her mind prefers her to see them. I found it beautiful how she was sitting in her normal setting, doing as she always does, when in one moment she just has a spark, and realizes that she is a part of the performance. It’s not just the band; the audience and all the passers are a part of the show as well. Which I believe is true in a broad sense, giving me an even bigger impression that Miss Brill has a wild imagination, it’s just her way of making the best of
ENGL A211
M/W 11:30 Miss Brill
Miss Brill is a short story written by a young lady named Katherine Mansfield in 1921. Mansfield was born and grew up in New Zealand, but at the age of 19, took her life over to London to further her writing career. Her main interest was writing short stories until she was diagnosed with extra pulmonary tuberculosis, which lead to her death at age 34. In my character analysis, I will break down the different parts of Miss Brill and analyze and explain her person. The first main characteristic I noticed about Miss Brill was how lonely she seemed to be. She spends every Sunday at the same park, watching the same band, sitting next to the same couples. The way the story was laid out, Miss Brill seemed like she would be an older woman, but there was no specific hints or clues to reveal her age. Every Sunday, she walks to watch the same band play, picks up a slice of honey cake, and walks back to what sounds like an empty home. Another characteristic that stood out to me was how observant she was in the large crowd. How every Sunday she watched the old couple next to her, wishing they would speak …show more content…
I feel, with all the passers she watches, as if she makes a story out of all of it and everyone. That it’s possible some of the people she tells about are completely different than she describes them, but that is how her mind prefers her to see them. I found it beautiful how she was sitting in her normal setting, doing as she always does, when in one moment she just has a spark, and realizes that she is a part of the performance. It’s not just the band; the audience and all the passers are a part of the show as well. Which I believe is true in a broad sense, giving me an even bigger impression that Miss Brill has a wild imagination, it’s just her way of making the best of