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AbriefAppreciationofMissBrill

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facetherealityaloneandsadly.

KatherineMansfieldisawomanwriterwhoenjoysthereputationof“amasterof

shortstories”.Shehasmadegreatcontributiontothedevelopmentofthemodern

guageofnovelshastheuniquefeature,sof

hernovels,becauofherextraordinaryarrangementaswellasthewritingtechniques,

areoftenoutofblue,likeMissBrill,whichmakehernovelmoreimpressiveandher

oanalyzeoneofhermasterpiecesMissBrillfromtwo

aspectsofthemeandtechniques.

MissBrillcanbedescribedasmirable,lonely,r,compared

withterriblelivingcondition,

hopelesscapingfromtherealityisnothingbutavoidofconfrontingtheworldalone.

Forexample,“MissBrillalwayslookedforwardtotheconversation”,“evenshehada

tsomebodywouldhavenoticedifshehadn’t

beenthere;shewaspartoftheperformanceafterall.”Sheissocheerfulwhensheis

brvingcarefully,

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xplainwhytheconversationbetweentheboyandthegirlhurtsMissBrill

oafraidoffacingthetruththat“whowantsher?”

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butiveTechniques

Thereasonwhythisnovelcantouchussomuchisthattheauthorthoughtfully

inion,contrastandepiphanyare

themostimportantones.

Firstofall,

example,“brilliantly”,“theblueskypowderedwithgoldandgreatspots”,“the

slendertresswithyellowleavesdowndrooping,andthroughthenjustalineofa,

andbeyondtheblueskywithgold-veinedclouds”,allthepicturesarebeautifuland

s,theadjectivesudinthepartbefore

mple,“louder”,

“gayer”,“delighted”,“fascinating”,“warm”,“sunny”,wecanfeelhowenjoyable

thoughtheauthorjustutheword“dark”“quickly”todescribeMissBrill’smiry

andembarrassmentathome,ndofthestory,only

entfromtheelegantandgentlemove

ofMissBrill,shejust“hurriedonthealmondSundaysandstruckthematchforthe

kettleinquiteadashingway”and“unclaspedtheneckletquickly,withoutlooking.”

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emphasizethetheme.

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deniestoadmit,uelofcour.

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author’eadingthenovel,Icannot

oplesaythateverypersonisan

edwiththeboundlessuniver,humanbeingsaresolonelyin

theworld,interiscoming,we’dbettercaremore

aboutpeoplearoundusandwarmeachotherinthecoldanddeadason.