How does the passage convey a specific image of people reacting to the end of the war?

Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf (excerpt)

For it was the middle of June. The War was over, except for some one like Mrs. Foxcroft at the Embassy last night eating her heart out because that nice boy was killed and now the old Manor House must go to a cousin; or Lady Bexborough who opened a bazaar, they said, with the telegram in her hand, John, her favourite, killed; but it was over; thank Heaven—over. It was June. The King and Queen were at the Palace.

A. The narration focuses on individuals who lost loved ones in the war to heighten the tragic sense of their loss.

B. The narration weaves in the thoughts of people who have a variety of feelings about the war.

C. The narration mocks people because some grieve the loss of loved ones while others take comfort in the return of order.

D. The stream of consciousness technique helps to show how jubilant the British people were in the aftermath of the war.

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the narration mocks people because some grieve the loss of loved ones while others take comfort in the return of order.

C. The narration mocks people because some grieve the loss of loved ones while others take comfort in the return of order.


In the lines, it is clear for the people who have lost loved ones the pain and suffering from the war is not over. They are still dealing with the consequences and chaos the loss of a family member has caused. For some the end of the war means a return to order and normalcy. Being able to return to their homes and pick up where they left off. However, to those who lost loved ones, homes, businesses, or a way of life, their lives are from being in order.