The Hours

This week in class, we finished Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf and watched the movie The Hours which is based off of the book.  I thought it was very clever how they made the book apart of the movie.  They had Virginia Woolf writing it and they had Laura Brown reading it.  I really liked how they combined characters to make one character in  the movie, such as Richard and Septimus.  Richard, like Septimus, is tired of "the hours" always following him so he decides to fall out the window, freeing himself from "the hours."  Woolf based Sepitmus off herself and I can see that when she is talking to her husband, Leonard, about how she is the only one who understands her illness.  Leonard reminds me of Rezia because he wants to help Virginia get better, but he doesn't understand what she is going through so it is impossible for him to help.

Laura Brown reminded me a little bit of Miss Kilman during the movie.  She is so distant and isn't very affectionate towards her family.just like Miss Kilman is towards everyone.  The only person we see Laura Brown show fondness towards is Kitty in the same way we see Miss Kilman only loving Elizabeth.  Laura Brown is so unhappy with her family that she decides to leave and live by herself because they only thing she desires is the one thing she can't have.  At the end of the movie, Laura has the same realization that Clarissa has at the end of the novel.  The realization is that life is beautiful and that no matter how many hardships you may face, you should keep on living.