Virginia Woolf's literary works were heavily influenced by her experiences with war and its resultant trauma. Growing up during World War I, Woolf grappled with the impacts of trauma on society and individual psyche. The loss of close friends at the front, alongside her own mental health challenges, fueled her exploration of themes like grief, loss, and female identity. This courtship with chaos and mortality can be observed in her stream-of-consciousness style, depicting internal struggles and the human condition, which ultimately shaped her contributions to modernist literature.