Literary Analysis of "The Stolen Party" 1
Literary Analysis of "The Stolen Party" 1
Literary Analysis of "The Stolen Party" 1
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LITERARY ANALYSIS OF “THE STOLEN PARTY” 2
Liliana Heker's "The Stolen Party" is a writing work that exhibits the pattern of
disparity among wealthy and needy individuals that would consistently smother those with
low livelihoods. "The Stolen Party" spins around the encounters of a Hispanic young lady
named Rosaura, who comes from an unassuming family foundation. The story fundamentally
centres around the pay distinction between Rosaura's family and that of Senora Ines, which
plainly shows an immense social contrast between these two families. Whether a person's
family is rich or poor is never the issue. Instead, how these wealthy individuals convey
themselves and treat the poor in the public arena is the principle issue that the story examines.
This paper aims to argue for the idea that Senora Ines in "The Stolen Party" is a rich snob.
The paper will also look at the issues of social class conflict.
The first scenario is where Rosaura feels advantaged for being chosen from among
different youngsters for this job. Rosaura loves her job currently since she feels unique.
Everybody is calling her urgently, and Rosaura thinks it is claiming she groups' remarkable
abilities that different youngsters don't have. The story starts when Rosaura attends the party.
Deep inside, she believes that she belongs to that social class and befits the rich's status.
Rosaura mother seemed to understand the family well and was right. By the end of the party,
Rosaura is forced to realise that indeed she is very different from children of a wealthy
family; she also gets to know that dreams have been pure fantasy all along.
In this story, Rosaura was so happy to be invited to a birthday party. She failed to
listen to her mother, who had warned her against joining the rich. Her mother firmly believed
that her daughter's invitation was not genuine. As she was at the party, she was asked to help
in the kitchen instead of having fun like other children. While other children are busy
enjoying themselves, she was also busy getting them anything that they wanted. After the
party, she expects to get her goodies just like any other child. However, she gets paid. She
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF “THE STOLEN PARTY” 3
finally learns the hardware that she was never a guest. She was working as an employee all
along. Rosaura stiffens as the maid thanks her and hands her the money.
by people who believe they are better than anyone else. Motivated by her believes in the
inferiority of the poor, Señora Ines treats asura in what can be seen as the author's effort to
shoes the differences between what it meant to be rich and what it meant to be poor. It is the
fact that Ines offers her money over the gifts given to other party-goers (yo-yos and bracelets)
that she comes to understand she is not "like them." Señora Ines is a rich snob for several
reasons, and she is not considerate; she uses an innocent girl to achieve her objective. She
also believes that the only concern for the poor is money. They have not other objects rather
than working and getting paid. She also believes that the poor have no right to making their
own decisions, though not force. Rosaura is not working out of the will, and she has been
In conclusion, there is an important lesson to learn from the stolen party scenario.
Senora Ines is indeed a rich person. However, based on how Rosaura was treated at the party,
her character suggests that he is a rich snob. All long they knew that they had not invited the
young girl to the party like a friend but as an employee who would help them make the part
better. A snob is a person who will take advantage of the weaker one to benefit him or
herself. The family is taking advantage of the innocent girl to do her work when she wished
References
Heker, Liliana. “The Stolen Party.” Exploring Literature. Ed. Frank Madden. 5th ed.