Literary Analysis Of Miss Brill

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Jaelynn Charles
Professor Haines
Comp I
20 November 2017
The Literary Analysis of Miss Brill
The short story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield gives a good look into how secluded people can begin to distort the way they perceive what happens around them, unwittingly deny their loneliness, making their warped perception of the what they believe to be true to be destroyed. Mansfield uses the characterization of the protagonist along with their actions to make the story enjoyable for the audience. The main character, Miss Brill, goes to the park and snoops in on the conversations around her. She is clothed in a fur around her neck and she pets it it as she listens in on the other park goers discussions, while also having one of her own with

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