How does the passage convey a specific image of people reacting to the end of the war? mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf (excerpt) for it was the middle of june. the war was over, except for some one like mrs. foxcroft at the embassy last night eating her heart out because that nice boy was killed and now the old manor house must go to a cousin; or lady bexborough who opened a bazaar, they said, with the telegram in her hand, john, her favourite, killed; but it was over; heaven—over. it was june. the king and queen were at the palace. a. the narration focuses on individuals who lost loved ones in the war to heighten the tragic sense of their loss. b. the narration weaves in the thoughts of people who have a variety of feelings about the war. c. the narration mocks people because some grieve the loss of loved ones while others take comfort in the return of order. d. the stream of consciousness technique to show how jubilant the british people were in the aftermath of the war.