"Authors present their character either directly or indirectly. In direct presentation they tell us straight out; by exposition or analysis, what the character are like, or they have another character in the story describe them. In indirect presentation the author shows us the character through their action; we determine what they are like by what they say or do" (169).In the story the author uses indirect presentation to allow the reader to create his or her own opinion of Miss Brill. She is described as a woman who lives in a small house, somewhat the size of a cupboard and that she is living in a state of false consciousness. Miss Brill struggles with her loneliness and lack of reality, while living vicariously through oth

"The theme of a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight. It is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied by the story. To derive the theme of a story, we must determine what its central purpose is: what view of life it supports or what insight into life it reveals" (203). Miss Brill struggles with a lack of reality she has become an actress. "Oh how fascinating it was! How she enjoyed! How she loved sitting here, watching it all! It was like a play...she was on stage" (184). "Yes I have been an actress for a very long time" (185). This shows that Miss Brill has lost perspective on what's real and what's not. She seems so happy but in reality she is not. She thinks of people as actors so that she can pretend they don't want to talk to her but just doing their jobs. For example, the young couple that sits in front of her is extremely rude to her. ""It's the fu-fur which is so funny," giggled the girl. "It's exactly like a fried whiting." "Ah, be off with you!" said the boy in an angry whisper" (186). But this time Miss Brill did not stay happy; this time reality sunk in and her feelings got hurt. In relation it means that its support in life reveals that we should be aware of our life and reality, and learn to interact with it. But in Miss Brill's case she learned the hard way, getting her feelings hurt by not being aware of her fantasy world instead of reality and by listening to others conversations.

In closing, "Miss Brill" was analyzed and examined by the character, the sym

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