Reality Miss Brill
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In her 19th century short story, "Miss Brill", Katherine Mansfield uses the third person point of view to perfection. By giving practically no background information of Miss Brill, Mansfield allows the reader to journey along with her, letting the reader learn more about her through interactions. Mansfield only gives the reader select details being careful not to give us to much information to allow the reader to connect with Miss Brill, and at the end experience the shattering of her self image at the same time.
The reader is given no real clues about Miss Brill other than her profession, a English teacher, and that she goes to the park every Sunday. Her age is not given and hard to guess; the reader is given no connection between Miss Brill and others her age. Miss Brill comes across as much younger than she is, due to her dislike toward older people. She finds them "odd [and] silent . . . from the way they stared they looked as though they'd just come from dark little rooms or even even cupboards!..