Analysis of the Extract What an extraordinary Night, pg 536, Making Waves 2

In the extract, taken from the last part of the novel Mrs Dalloway, Clarissa's party is in full swing.
When the Bradshaws arrive, Sir Bradshaw announces Mrs Dalloway that one of his patients, Septimus Warren Smith, is dead. In the extract the reader discovers Mrs Dalloway's reaction to death and also the reflection he makes about her life.
The extract is composed of eight sequences.
In the first sequence the reader discovers Mrs Dalloway's reaction to Septimus' death: at the very beginning she is annoyed because the news may spoil her party, but then she can only think about death and she imagines Septimus'suicide. The narrative technique the novelist uses is interior monologue in order to make the reader see what Mrs Dalloway herself imagines.
In the second sequence the reader knows Clarissa's thoughts about life. She realizes her life is only solitude, something empty and superficial and death may be considered as something that frees man. Death is seen also as an attempt to communicate. The narrative technique used here is an alternation of inner images (from Mrs Dalloway's inner conscience) and external ones (people who arrive at the party).
In the third sequence the reader discovers Mrs Dalloway's opinion about psychiatrists. They are seen in a negative way because, in Clarissa's opinion, they exercise a power on their patients who reveal them their weaknesses and secrets. The narrative technique is the interior monologue, which makes the reader immagine what Mrs Dalloway thinks about them.
In the fifth sequence the reader knows Mrs Dalloway's feelings about her life. She considers it like something terrifying and people is abandoned to live it. Her only point of reference is her husband Richard, who is the only one who makes her feel alive, but she considers living like an effort.
In the sixth sequence the novelist deals with Mrs Dalloway solitude and the consequences of her past choices. She is not satisfied with her life and her behaviour. The narrative technique the writer uses is interior monologue.
In the seventh sequence Mrs Dalloway remembers her happy youth in Bourton. She identifies life with the moments of the day and and the light of the sun makes her quiet.
In the eight sequence the reader knows Mrs Dalloways feelings that evening and her attitude to life. Mrs Dalloway is not satisfied even with the sky she sees out of the window and she is surprised by simple acts of a woman in a near house. She hears people in the other rooms, but in that moment she lives in her world of contemplation. The actions of the old woman she sees bring her to life.
In the last sequence the reader discovers Mrs Dalloway wants to go on with her life and she decides to go back to her party, but she has also reflected in that night about her life and death.