Who Is Miss Brill?

In the short story "Miss Brill," the author Katherine Mansfield is writing about an old lonely lady named Miss Brill. This story shows how an average day in the park becomes a play in the eyes of an old lonely lady. Miss Brill is lonely, but she uses her imagination to hide it. In her eyes she sees the world, in a happier light. However, by the end of the story you can gather that the fur really represents what Miss Brill is really feeling.
The story starts with Miss Brill taking her old fur out the box, to get ready for her Sunday afternoon in the park. When Miss Brill takes the fur out the box she shakes the dust off and gives it a brush. Then she rubes life into its dim little eyes. As she looks into its eyes she could tell the eyes are telling her “what has been happening to me?” (Miss Brill 606.) She was happy to see them snap at her again. As she ran her hands across the fur she feels happy inside.
As she sits in the park in her usual spot she looks around to see all the usual people at the park. She notices the band director has a new coat. The two people that usually sits by her weren’t saying much, which made her upset because she likes to listen in on their conversation. Once her two regulars got up from onside of her, she was alone. Siting there she
She decides it is her role to listen in on people’s conversations and read the newspaper to the old gentleman. With all the thoughts running in her mind she begins to laugh. By this time a young couple comes up and sits on side of her. As they sit she hears them talking about her looks and her fur. Eventually Miss Brill hears enough and decides to leave. Instead of going to the bakery to get some almond cake she goes straight home to her dark room. As she lays the fur into the box, she puts the lid on and thinks she can hear it