The Death of The Moth

Virginia Woolf's “The Death of the Moth” was about her describing what would seem like a non-impacting event but actually played a significant role in her life. In the beginning of the story she noticed the moth flying around on the window. The first significance the moth had on her life was when she noticed the life that the moth had. She started to think about all of the possibilities of her life that the moth cannot do but still seemed to be enjoying what it was doing. In her eyes the moth did all it could do. The other significance the moth had was it made her notice deaths role. After seeing the moth die even though it gave so much effort to stay alive, death still overcame it. Woolf then realized that death is a part of life and nothing can stop it not even her. This story affects me as a reader because I used to think I would only like reading if it was a topic I was interested in. Now I see that if a person has a significant reason to writing the story then I can also become interested. This story affected me as a writer because I learned that describing events and things in detail can make a huge difference in a story. I think Woolf does a good job of letting the reader actually be able to visualize what is happening. The part of the story that stands out to me the most is the ending. The way she described the moths last few minutes before it died and after it died I thought was very interesting.