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<\/p>\nOur generation is categorized as one that seeks attention. The media often describes millennials with words like ‘narcissist’ and ‘egocentric.’ Multiple studies have suggested we have an almost chemical dependence on Facebook and ‘Likes.’ We will often meticulously curate our social media accounts to make them ‘stalkworthy.’ We want to give off a good impression, not only to strangers but to friends and family as well. In a day and age where walls between people of different backgrounds are broken down, the word ‘social status’ has almost become taboo. Yet there still are markers of social status, that seem to be determined by how we live our lives, and we show this through these social media accounts.<\/p>\n
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The world which Mrs. Dalloway is marked my different signs of social status. Mrs. Dalloway’s old Uncle William says that ‘a lady is known by her shoes and her gloves’ (Woolf, 11). A lady like Mrs. Dalloway is separated from the common people by her dress, speech, and mannerisms. On the surface her world seems segregated, and it is this segregation that seems to distinguish post-World-War-One London from modern-day Utah.<\/p>\n
Yet as I continue to read, I seem to notice that our worlds are not so different. Mrs. Dalloway is almost enraptured by the bustle of taxis and the busy life of London. As she gets older and fades a little grayer, she almost holds onto her youth by living through the constant motion and life of everyday London. I am only twenty-one, and I’m at a point in my life where I don’t need to worry about aging and fading away. However, I feel as if my peers and I hold onto social media for the same reason. We put ourselves out there while we are young and having adventures, because we want people to see us in a youthful light. As we are becoming just a little bit older, we post memories of us living life just a little bit younger.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Dalloway wants nothing more than for people to look pleased as she comes into a room. Don’t we all want that? Aren’t we all trying, through our own dress, activities, and manners to be well-liked? In\u00a0Mrs. Dalloway<\/span>, Virginia Woolf captures scenes from her time that don’t seem to grow old; this may be because the feelings and hopes written in the pages are timeless and universal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our generation is categorized as one that seeks attention. The media often describes millennials with words like ‘narcissist’ and ‘egocentric.’ Multiple studies have suggested we have an almost chemical dependence on Facebook and ‘Likes.’ We will often meticulously curate our social media accounts to make them ‘stalkworthy.’ We want to give off a good impression, … <\/p>\n