In Katherine Mansfield’s short story, “Miss Brill,” the author provides us with a very peculiar protagonist, Miss Brill, who lives not in reality, but rather in a fantasy world which depends on the lives of other people to keep it going. Finding out that Miss Brill is in fact an English teacher is very ironic considering how childish and judgmental she is of everyone around her. She spends every Sunday afternoon listening to the local band down at the park. Viewing her life as a play, she believes that each individual is an actor or actress, and she alone plays a crucial role. It is at first clear that Miss Brill is not entirely sane, when she takes out an old ragged faux fur and begins stroking and adorning the piece, as if it were alive. Once she arrives to watch the band, she immediately begins to pass judgment on the old couple sitting together on a bench. She is disappointed in their “statue” manner and wishes for them to come alive and entertain her eccentric mind. Another example of Miss Brill’s unpleasant personality is when she describes a lady, referred to as the ermine toque, as being dressed quite unusually and having “yellow” hair and skin. If Miss Brill was able to step back and see herself as everyone else does, she would realize that the ermine toque and her and almost identical in their manner and style. Miss Brill is a loner, who does not have the social skills to interact positively with others, so she chooses to paint a glamorous image of herself, instead of facing reality