Katherine Mansfield Katherine Mansfield was born in the year 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. She was born into a middle-class family. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, was a banker and her mother, Annie Burnell Dyer, strived to maintain the appearance of middle-class social status. At the age of nine, Katherine published her first text. When she was only fifteen she went to London and studied at Queen’s college. Three years later she came back to New …showed first 75 words of 1092 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1092 total…things, it is the little things that please her. She compares herself to the beautiful pear tree, but realizes she needs more “blossoms”. She realizes she needs a different type of happiness that doesn’t come from being wealthy. -Climax- Bertha thinks her husband is having an affair. -Resolution- Bertha realizes the affair is not a bad thing because she can stand alone and be beautiful just like the blossoming pear tree in her garden.