Katherine Mansfield
certain role even after someone dies, but Laura feels that this kind of action would be
heartless and inappropriate. Her mother even tries to divert her attention with elegant hat,
which she puts on Laura`s head and comments endlessly how it makes her beautiful. This
brings along an internal conflict in Laura`s mind, either to grief, or to be vain and self-
centered. Towards the end Laura is sent to the grieving family to fetch a big basket. At the
sight of the dead man she then realizes how unbefitting her hat is and recognizes a change in
herself. During that moment she discovers the complexity of life, where are no profoundly
right or wrong social conceptions. She matures significantly, albeit everything she learned
might not be a lesson of such a kind, which would serve as life-changing, rather short-lived
knowledge, if not developed further.
In conclusion, it can be said that Laura`s mother influenced her inner growth immensely.
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