This document compares the Korean writer O Chong-hui to Virginia Woolf. It summarizes their biographies and writing styles, noting both wrote stream-of-consciousness narratives focused on themes like abandonment, loneliness, and family relationships. The document also analyzes Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and O Chong-hui's short story "Wayfarer," noting parallels like taking place over one day and focusing on the inner thoughts of a middle-aged woman. It discusses how both works may critique social systems that foster mental illness and an inability to deal with such illnesses.