Analysis of Miss Brill

Miss Brill explains her view of the world with vivid imagery. However we as the audience must endure her perception because we have no other narrator to rely on. This first gives the plot an "Unreliable Narrator" status, where we the readers have no idea if she is telling truths, lies or is distorting the reality of the story. To begin with the story fails to describe Miss Brill- even a little bit. She does not integrate herself in the environment; she sits down aside from the scenery and gazes upon the society around her. I believe she is a disillusioned individual because she does not seem to recognize her own age until she encounters the young couple at the end of the story. The young boy calls her "stupid old thing" and "silly old mug" and yet she hurries home and isolates herself from the rest of the world. Her latter action reminds the readers of an adolescent girl reacting to an embarassed moment. Her actions proves Miss Brill is senile, which is the reason for her seclusion to the world.