What details provide insight into Miss Brills character and ...

[Brittanyd9008]

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

Question 2

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

[quynhmickitran]

Answer to Question 1

• 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.

Answer to Question 2

• 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.

[Brittanyd9008]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[FergA]

Gracias!