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LITERARY ANALYSIS OF “THE STOLEN PARTY” 1

LITERARY ANALYSIS OF “THE STOLEN PARTY”

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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
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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.

The experience of Rosaura at the party shows society's stereotypes as it is perpetrated

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

tricked into offering services.

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

she could dine and have fun with other children.


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References

Heker, Liliana. “The Stolen Party.” Exploring Literature. Ed. Frank Madden. 5th ed.

New York: Longman, 2012. Print.

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