Reading Response:

In Virginia Woolf's "Death of a Moth" she write from a room by herself of a moth that flutters about the room and ultimately dies trying to escape. I believe the why is death but it also shows how depressed she was that Woolf would write such a strange story about death. I believe this was an attempt to tell other people how she felt. As a reader the story really interested me by keeping me thinking throughout and constantly wondering what was the point of the whole thing and without reading the author information I would have never understood it however, by knowing information about the author and about her depression you can see that she is saying that she feels like she is trapped in one room and that if she could just get out from this window that she views the world from that she could experience the world and enjoy life and all of the worlds emotions. In my opinion I believe it is possible that seeing this moths struggle to escape ultimately lead to her suicide. As a writer I also enjoyed the story, Woolf does a great job of bringing the moth to life by describing it so vividly and only focusing on the moth. The part of the story that stands out to me most is at the very in where the narrator tries to reach out to help the moth but then retracts her effort for some reason it really starts to give you insight into Woolfs‘ own life.