Similarities Between Miss Brill And The Chrysanthemums

Women for many years have been trying to fight against a world run by men. Some women feel that they cannot do anything, because the men will not let them. Women feel that they must fight for their rights to do certain jobs and make their own decisions. These women are portrayed by the main characters in Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” and John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums”. Katherine Mansfield’s and John Steinbeck’s main character shows the feministic worldview of the author. Mansfield and Steinbeck use irony and theme to show a woman’s longing to be noticed. Katherine Mansfield uses irony and theme in “Miss. Brill” to show Miss. Brill’s isolation despite her attempt to fit in. Mansfield’s Miss Brill seems to want to be part of a conversation, but her unwillingness to actually start a conversation prevents that from happening. Miss. Brill becomes upset when she cannot overhear a conversation, but ironically she doesn’t even want to try to talk to the people around her. Her unwillingness to talk to others ironically leads to her preventing herself from connecting with the people around her, and ultimately leads to her isolation. Mansfield’s character, Miss Brill, points out the fact that the people around her are odd. Miss Brill notices the odd clothes that people around her are wearing. Miss Brill ironically thinks the same things of others around her as they think of her. Mansfield shows this through the two young people at the end of the story. The two young people do not
This worldview although true in some ways show our society’s unfortunate downfall because of sin. Sin makes our society corrupt and unfair. Because of sin, people are treated differently simply because they are a different gender. Gender should not determine a person’s importance. Everyone is on the earth for a reason and each person should be treated fairly no matter their