Analysis Of The Burnells

This story tells a story of people struggling under the pressure of society and its disgusting lifestyle. Although Kezia is a part of a high class society she shows that even people of superior class can be kind and remove the idea that people similar to her social status are entirely selfish and harsh just as a lamp scatters the darkness.
The Burnells symbolize society and the upper class families of the time the story was written. Their spoiled actions and haughty behavior push out the lower class families and treat them as though they were a pebbles in their shoes. Although the families of the town treat the Kelveys with great disdain Kezia shows that some people from high society can be kind and without conceited behavior. The Kelveys represent

While the Burnells talked of their doll house they showed their cruel and prejudice nature by excluding the Kelvey children from the group. “And the only two who stayed outside the ring were the two who were always outside, the little Kelveys. They knew better than to come anywhere near the Burnells.” The way the people treat the Kelvey family is less than equity. They gossip of the Kelveys creating rude remarks of their outer appearance and making up harsh tales of them and the father of the young children. “Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody.” The people handle the Kelveys as though they are rodents that take their disregarded clothing and scraps from their tables. They may think of them as rodents by how they wear clothes made from table cloth, curtains, or the second hand clothes from the rich families’ homes. Even the aunt of the aunt of the Burnells shooed the Kelveys away just as though they were unwelcome animals. The children of high society ranked