Virginia Woolf

Ok, so I need some help here. I've decided to take a slightly different approach to this paper. It just dawned on me after our guest speaker last week that there are a lot of parallel overtones to many literary works. Then, my sister text messages me asking who wrote the phrase "No man is an island". Of course, having read Donne's "Meditation XVII", I realized a few days later of course, (since my brain doesn't function that quickly) that I could tie it in to one of our short stories, Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle and the interdependence of each of the character roles.

Here's where y'all come in! Obviously, Peter Straub had a particular reason for including Virginia Woolf in his story Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle, but I just don't know what that is. This is where I need your help, especially you English majors of the world! I am not very familiar with her work, and I was wondering about any themes that run through her stories concerning independence or interdependence. I've read The Hours but don't think I can take that as a good biography. My point for asking is to know whether or not I'd be leaving out an integral argument if I deleted her presence from my topic's relevance in the story? From my understanding, her views of death and dependence are somewhat contrary to John Donne's, so I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything! Thanks a bunch!