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    Both L.P Hartley and Katherine Mansfield present the poor as suffering as a result of the happiness of the rich. Within both texts, ‘The Go-Between’ and ‘The Garden Party’, the poor are shown to suffer but they are presented in two different ways. L.P Hartley presents one of the main characters, who is a rich, middle class woman manipulating a poor boy who visits from boarding school through making him a messenger between her and her working class lover. Whereas, Mansfield presents the rich to ignore

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    fishes out of the water with a six-foot long man in the midget convention. Withal being an outsider is inevitable. Moreover, the actuality of an outsider is a universal understanding. Nevertheless, in the short story, The Doll’s House, by Katherine Mansfield, the short story’s theme, class. As in the example, the Burnell family, with the exception of Kezia, consider themselves to be atop of others, remarkably when it comes to the Kelveys. It would emerge that the Burnells elucidate themselves by

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    "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield 1. Despite mention of passersby, Miss Brill is the focal point in this story. How does Mansfield develop her character? 1a. Mansfield relies on Miss Brills reactions to events that occur in the garden in order to develop the character of Miss Brill. In one instance, instead of just clearly stating that Miss Brill is an English teacher, Mansfield brings it up when Miss Brill has her realization that she may be in a play of some kind by saying "and it also explained

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    Katherine Mansfield and Ernest Hemmingway are both published writers. One was born in New Zealand and the other in the United States during the late 19th century. This paper will compare and contrast the setting, plot, imagery, climax, and theme between Mansfield’s “Miss Brill” and Hemmingway’s “Cat in the Rain.” The setting in “Miss Brill” takes place in a public garden in France. The story states the band plays in the Jardins Publiques (Public Gardens) in France (15). Miss Brill, the protagonist

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    Realize the Life Everyone must has some unpleasant experience in his or her life. In these two stories, both protagonists feel sad about their lives. Miss Brill in "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield is an old lady who suffers from the isolation, and the boss in "The Fly" by the same author loses his lovely son. However, the boss remains further from reality at the end of the story. The first element that shows the boss remains further from reality than Miss Brill is the difference between their

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    Katherine Mansfield’s downtrodden short story “Miss Brill” establishes an idea of prejudice being both an underhand and significant force in people’s lives, using characterization of the curious Miss Brill. She is an unmarried, aged woman who enjoys going to the Jardins Publiques and watching others go about their lives. As Miss Brill observes these various people, she fabricates characters based on what little she sees. What she fails to realize is that others would apply this same prejudice to

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    Adedeji Otufale Prof Weiss Eng 102 Research Paper Reading stories regularly leads individuals to discover particular similarities and contrasts between them, Katherine Mansfield 's short story "Miss Brill" makes for a fascinating correlation to William Faulkner 's short story "A Rose For Emily." Although both stories appear to be not so alike, the connections they impart are of substantially more value. The distinctions in social contribution between Miss Brill and Emily Grierson can 't exceed

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    Katherine Mansfield's "The Dolls House" seems to be a simple story about children receiving a own ideas and opinions. Even though everyone is entitled to their own opinion it is often bizarre to see how our opinions are based on those of others. This essay will outline the events that occurred in the story which are a big part in regards to the two different worlds of adults and children, and how they are separated from each other. The Dolls House is a story where you can see the cruelty of children

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    Lucia, Alyssa Mrs. Ritter IB English 11 September 18, 2017 "The Garden Party" Revisions The first thing a reader notices when reading "Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield is the title. A garden party is a social event, which usually implies friends are invited, there is eating, and exchanging of social niceties, gossip, and other conversation; this can be called communion. In How to Read Literature Like a Professor Mr. Foster states "whenever people eat and/or drink together it's communion" and

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    Marjane Satrapi and Katherine Mansfield are both well-known authors and they use events in their life to help write their stories. Marjane Satrapi wrote the graphic novel Persepolis and Katherine Mansfield wrote the story Miss Brill, both authors wrote more stories but these two pieces of writings are what I will focus a little more on. While Marjane Satrapi and Katherine Mansfield had events in their lives which influenced their work, I believe Marjane

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