The shift in "Bliss" is phrased in a way that most readers won't notice. Thomas Dilworth writes a literary essay on the garden and the Darwinism present in the characters and scenes of Mansfield's "Bliss". Dilworth talks about how Bertha looks through the windows and sees the garden and the pear tree in the center with the cat sliding on its belly is a representation of the Garden of Eden, from the Judeo-Christian religion (149). In “Bliss” Bertha sees two animals, a gray cat and a black cat, Dilworth explains that “[t]he cat is associated with Miss Fulton at the end of the story, when she follows Warren out “as the black cat follows the gray cat” . cat`. It could be the serpent in this paradise garden, causing Bertha to fall from bliss” (149). Mansfield illustrates the Garden differently than some readers see it. In “Bliss,” Mansfield writes, “[t]he living room windows opened onto a balcony overlooking the garden. At the back, against the wall, there is a tall, slender pear tree, in full and rich bloom; it was perfect, as if it were calm against the jade green sky” (89). This scene is when Bertha comes home and is so excited about everything; that when he sees the garden that has been there since he has been in the house he feels an overwhelming feeling of ecstasy. During this part