Mrs. Miniver

In Mrs. Miniver, a novel of about 300 pages, Jan Struther writes about the simple and fulfilling life of Kay Miniver and her family as they go through the struggles of WWII. Struther shows Mrs. Miniver’s optimism and vitality despite the effects of the war on her family. A narrator, who watches the family through dialogue between the family and other characters, tells the novel. Mrs. Miniver is often alone admiring something and commenting to …

…passing and carried it along with you.” Her realization of this simple concept shows her exhilarating personality. In the last chapter of the novel, it is time for Mrs. Miniver to make out her annual Christmas list. As she reads through all of her past lists, she realizes “No, she could not possibly throw them away: they contained too much of her life.” On this note of happiness and closure the novel ends. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**