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Brittanyd9008

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What details provide insight into Miss Brills character and lifestyle?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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At what places in his story does Lawrence make use of irony?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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  • Miss Brill lives frugally, alone in a small room, eking out a meager living by teaching English and reading the newspaper aloud to an invalid gentleman four afternoons a week. She seems happy with her lot even though her daily activities are drab by most standards and her pleasures are small ones. Her well-worn fur delights her, and an almond in the Sunday honey-cake is cause for rejoicing.



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  • Paul, intent upon stopping the whispers in the house, anonymously gives his mother 5,000 pounds as a birthday present. Ironically, his gift has the opposite effect. The whispers grow louder. Given his mothers insatiable greed for money, this result comes as less of a surprise to the reader than to Paul.



There is irony in the storys title. Paul, the rocking-horse winner, loses his life.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Gracias!

 

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