Reading Journal: "The Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf uses description most effectively in her writing. In some parts of the essay, she uses different types of modes. However, her descriptions stand out the most. At the beginning of the essay she is very specific and detailed when describing moth's and their daily activities. She comments "Netherless, the present speciment, with his narrow hay-colored wings, fringed with a tassel of the same color, seemed to be content with life"(1). Woolf also uses emotion to describe the moths as well.Woolf writes her essay as if she is a moth herself . In other words, she in a sense is telling a story as if it is her own story. It could be that there is a deeper meaning behind Woolf's story.