Loneliness In Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill

The story Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield is about an old aged woman who lives all by herself. She has a usual routine that she follows by going to the park every Sunday. One Sunday afternoon she decides to puts on her fur and takes her usual seat and she finds more number of people than the last time she visited. It was because of the season that changed where the band at the Jardine’s Publiques also sounded much louder and different than the usual days. She doesn’t bother anyone around her and only admires the surrounding people by eavesdropping on their conversation. There were only two of them who sat next to her but didn’t get along with her in conversation. In spite of her loneliness she kept watching and considering herself in the scenes taking place in the park. She was all alone surrounded by isolation which she was unaware of. The very next moment a young romantic couple walks in where, the girl leaves a comment on Miss Brill regarding the fur she’s worn. She is hurt but also helpless of herself …show more content…
Dear little thing! It was so nice to feel it again. As usual Miss Brill sits on her seat in the park and observes the activities taking place in the park through which we see the moments that changes her perceptions of the world and herself indeed. There are different events happening every Sunday that she notices and appears to be funny to her. As she sits on her special seat every Sunday, there are only two kind of people who share it with her. An old man wearing a velvet coat and a big old woman who sits upright along the seat. None of them get along with her in any kind of conversation where she is disappointed as she always looked forward in having a conservation with them. This scene left her alone and sad on her seat where she was helpless of herself. Was it due to her age that no one else shared her seat and spoke to