Katherine Mansfield's Miss Brill

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The point of view the short story, “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield talks about this lady named Miss Brill and her observations of the world around her. She goes to a concert in her city and sits in her special seat judging and using her imagination. She is an old lady that sits still and lets the world pass her by as she sits and creates these “plays” in her head. We see that point of view is very important to this story. It illustrates how Miss Brill f views her world and it also helps the reader “step into her shoes” on how she sees the world. The story by Mansfield is written in a third person omniscient point of view. Miss Brill’s feelings and thoughts are clear to see in the story. In the story, she is her own narrator.