The short story is very effectively written in third person, limited point of view for this is, in fact, how Miss Brill sees herself. Living through the conversations and actions of others, Miss Brill feels passion, excitement and sadness. She is very much withdrawn from her own feelings and, instead, she relies on other people's lives to entertain her. The story is set on a Sunday afternoon, which Miss Brill has looked forward to so she can spend the afternoon in the park that is always bustling with activities of the people she watches. The point of view that the author chose allows us to see Miss Brill as she sees herself, from an outside perspective.

The protagonist in the story, Miss Brill, takes delight in even the simplest things. For example, she thinks of the park bench she sits on as her "special seataE?. She notices that the con

The character in this story represents people who refuse to recognize and express their feelings. The story's plot has no suspense or exciting events leading up to a climax, but is an excellent portrayal of a single character. Using dramatic characterization techniques as well as an effective point of view, Katherine Mansfield develops for the reader a clear picture of the story's focus, the character of Miss Brill.

Miss Brill is a lonely, sensitive, and insecure woman who tries to gain what she is missing in her life from the lives of other people. The context in which the name of the character is given to you, Miss Brill, suggests that she has never been married and probably lives alone in her apartment. She is critical of elderly people several times in the story and complains that one man sits on his bench "as still as a statue.aE? Of the people who sit every Sunday in the same area where she sits, she notices "something funny about nearly all of them. They were odd, silent, nearly all old, and from the way they stared it looked as though they'd just come from little dark rooms or even--even cupboards!aE? Meanwhile, the main character, who is probably quite old herself, also sits quietly on her park bench, staring at the people

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Approximate Word count = 841
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)