The ending of the story Miss Brill
reveals that Miss Brill, a middle-aged teacher who moved to Paris to teach English, is
as rare, as outdated, as lonely, and as strange to the common folk as is the furry piece
which she loves so much and takes with her to her Sunday walks in the
park.
When the young couple who seats near her see Miss
Brill, they make an expression of mockery and disapproval, demonstrating how odd and out
of place Miss Brill (and her fur coat) are when compared to everyone else in the
park.
As a result, Ms. Brill realizes for the first time in
her life the type of existence that she has been leading: So alone that she is submerged
in her own routines, even conferring emotional attachment to her fur. When she realizes
this, her life basically becomes real. She leaves the park, and enters her lonely living
space, putting the fur inside its box in almost the same manner in which she "hides"
herself from a cruel world inside her apartment.
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