Miss Grief

"A conceited fool"(Woolson 165)
    I was very concerned with the character flaws of the narrator until the very end of the story. He was constantly belittling Miss Moncrief because of her class and her gender. most strikingly so when he said "One does not go down on one's knees, combustively, as it were, before a woman over fifty, plain in feature, thin, dejected, and ill dress," (Woolson 176) but as time went on he began to exhibit a respect for Miss Moncrief that he could not repress. Even though his gender, class, and talent had made him feel otherwise towards society his entire life. His character, although painted very harsh in the beginning, began to soften and become truly fond of Miss Moncrief. He arranged to have her wishes met and although he lied about the status of her short stories he kept their integrity and allowed her to die feeling her one wish had been fulfilled. She changed his life and he hers in very different, but very pertinent ways.