Sunday, September 19, 2010

 Miss Brill

1) Describe the narration used in "Miss Brill"
The narration for the story Miss Brill is unreliable narration. The story was some what miss leading and forces you to think what really happened.     
2) How reliable is the narration in "Miss Brill"? What are some clues that the actual events in the story are somewhat different than the narrator's version?
The story had little clues as to who Miss Brill is for example the last 2 paragraphs 
"On her way home she usually bought a slice of honey-cake at the baker's. It was her Sunday treat. Sometimes there was an almond in her slice, sometimes not. It made a great difference. If there was an almond it was like carrying home a tiny present - a surprise - something that might very well not have been there. She hurried on the almond Sundays and struck the match for the kettle in quite a dashing way.
But to-day she passed the baker's by, climbed the stairs, went into the little dark room - her room like a cupboard - and sat down on the red eiderdown. She sat there for a long time. The box that the fur came out of was on the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying." 
I have a feeling that she is crazy and had imaged or added things to her reality to make things interesting. There are other parts in the story that have thing that hind to the fact that the actual events are different then what is written.    

1 comment:

  1. You quote a very important part here. Just the fact that she varied from her regular routine signals that something is wrong. Here is where it is possible to detect the unreliability of the preceding narration.

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