Ms Brill

As a schoolteacher living in France, Miss Brill passes time by eavesdropping and observing strangers in an attempt to compensate for the emptiness of her life. A writer named Katherine Mansfield, wrote the short story “Miss Brill,” in 1921. Entering into the life of a character named Miss Brill, explaining the setting, the character, and the values Miss Brill views against everything else around her, and the theme.

Katherine Mansfield’s short story into the heart and mind of the aging Miss Brill captures the spirit of human nature’s desire to feel important. The short story revolves around its one main character, Miss Brill who suffers from a lack of purpose or significance. Miss Brill appears to be living an illusion of importance because in reality she is scarcely noticed and needed. The author tells the story through the eyes of an outsider who possess such a familiarity with the main character, which much of Miss
Brill’s characterization is presented indirectl...