In Cunnigham's The Hours, Virginia Woolf, through Cunnigham's interpretation, is a character fascinated by mortality. In every event she experiences in the novel, she evaluates how she feels about life and constantly considers suicide as a way to escape her oppressive life. One such moment occurs when she attends the "funeral" of a dead bird with her sister's children. Although the reader knows that Virginia will eventually commit suicide, the "funeral" scene is an important character revelation because it reveals that at this point in the novel, Virginia was not ready to kill herself; and unfortunately, the film misses this important aspect of his character by condensing this scene. As the scene begins, Vanessa and her three children come to visit Virginie. While playing in the garden, the children find a dying bird on the ground. They decide to build a bed of roses around the grass for the bird. While watching the children make the bird's bed, Virginie notices the bird: “It seems to have wanted to make the smallest package possible of itself. » (Cunnigham, p. 120). This shows that the bird fascinates Virginie; she wonders how the bird's body becomes smaller and less important after its death. Cunnigham also writes that "she would like to lie on it herself" (Cunnigham, p. 119). This shows that at this point, Virginia longs for death; she wants the same peace that the bird was able to obtain through death; however, this desire changes once Vanessa and her children return to Charleston. When Virginie decides to take a walk, she comes across the dead bird in the garden. She notes that the grave is “scary but not entirely unpleasant, that cemetery feeling. It's real; it's almost overflowing... middle of paper ...... funeral for him, the children begin to build a flower bed for the bird. As Virginie looks at them, she shows that she wishes to be at peace like the bird and to die; however, once she visits the bird later that night, she realizes that she is not ready to die as she is not ready to become as small and insignificant as the bird deceased. Virginia's realization is an important part of her character because it shows the struggle she has with her own mortality. Unfortunately, the film shows this scene very quickly and fails to show this evolution of Virginia's character. Instead, the film chooses to show that the "funeral" helps Virginia decide to keep Clarissa Dalloway alive, but does not explain why she makes this choice. Although the movie does a great job of showing Virginia's story, the book is the only one to show the complexity of her character..