In the short story entitled "Miss Brill," written by Katherine Mansfield, the reader spends a routine Sunday with Miss Brill, whose character is revealed through her thoughts about others as she observes a crowd of strangers and soaks up the atmosphere while sitting at a bench in the park. Miss Brill seems to enjoy her routine of sitting in the park and listening to the band play, but most of all she savors the ability to eavesdrop into other people's lives by listening "as though she didn't listen" (Mansfield 259) to their conversations and observing their every move. Through these senses, Miss Brill tries to create an alternate reality for herself to relieve her feelings of loneliness; although, she is forced into a self-realization, but remains the same, for the imposter is not who she truly is.

The short story gives the reader an everyday experience of Miss Brill's...