Isolation In Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill

The sorrowful short story, “Miss Brill,” by Katherine Mansfield uses characterization to reveal how isolation in people can often lead them to create their own justification of why they do not associate with others in lonely situations.
Every Sunday Miss Brill goes to listen to live music that is performed year round. Today seemed special to her because the seasons had begun to change, bringing in a, “faint chill.”There was a young gentleman and a woman whose conversation she could not help but overhear. The young woman called out Miss Brill’s fur thinking she could not hear. Miss Brill did hear them and went straight home. As she got there she immediately took off the fur, boxed it, and heard crying. But the crying was not coming from

someone else it was her own.
Miss Brill was carrying out her usual Sunday activities when a rude comment made her rethink everything that makes her happy. In this short story, Mansfield uses characterization to show how the lonely Miss Brill dealt with isolation. For example, when she, “quickly,” unclasped her necklace, “without looking,” we can see how distraught this comment had made her feel. Therefore we can conclude that the crying she heard was clearly her own.
In the sorrowful short story, “Miss Brill,” Mansfield uses characterization to show how people who are lonely seek the justification and approval of others. Because of this people are often deterred from makes them happy and only do what others approve of.