Analysis of the “Stolen party" The Stolen Party is a story that brings attention to the gap between families of different incomes, where the rich see the poor people low, meaning that rich people have more power over them, only because of their differences of incomes. But not always is like that. In the story there is a girl name Rosaura, Rosaura comes from a low-income family. Her mother, señora Ines works as a maid in the family of Luciana friend of her daughter Rosaura. In the story, Luciana invites her friend Rosaura to her birthday party. Señora Ines was not pleasant about Rosaura going the party because is a rich people party, where she calls the people as “monkeys”(Heker, 1). Rousara was not happy about her mother; the reason was that Rosaura didn’t understand her mother of how she was trying to protect her from the rich people. In Luciana’s Birthday, her cousin a blonde girl as the author Liliana Heker calls, approaches Rosaura asking her offensive question, to one of those questions Rosaura took a deep breath and she answered, “I’m the daughter of the employee” (Heker, 2). When things started to go more seriously, Señora Ines arrived saying “shh shh, and asked Rosaura if she wouldn’t mind helping serve out the hot-dogs” (Heker, 2). …show more content…
Rosaura was enjoying to the fullest the party; Heker creates a scene where the magician calls her “you, with the Spanish eyes,” in the magician show Rosaura gets a complement from the magician.
At the end of the stolen party, Señora Ines said really meaningful words, Where she as a poor family with morals of much pride to be poor but with much more heart says to Rosaura how proud she is of her and how she reacts when her mother tries to hand her two bills and instead Rosaura doesn’t stretch her hands to grab the two bills, to Señora Rosaura That act was very important because as a mother she feels that she raised an exemplary
daughter. In conclusion, the story of “stolen party,” is a case where day by day is seen in families of high- income tries to humiliate the families of low-income and they discriminate them for only reason of being poor, although we are in a civilized era that it is impressive as there are still these cases out there where many children, In particular, are the most affected, as in the story Hecker creates the scene where the blonde girl tries to humiliate Rosaura.
Estrella and Cleofilas have come to accept that they don’t get much for their hard labor. They both learned how society looks at immigrants from other countries. They both were looked down upon. Estrella works hard in the hot heat. She comes to realize that picking grapes doesn’t earn enough money, and it all depended on the piece rate of the grapes. Society turns around, eats the grapes and doesn’t think twice about how the grapes came to their mouths. When the society doesn’t think of the age or person that has picked the grapes.
A debutante’s life came at a price; for the 16 year-old Dolores it was an arranged, loveless marriage to lawyer Jaime Del Rio. Jaime was 18 years her senior, his family one of the oldest and most influential in Mexico. Their wealth allowed for a European honeymoon, where they were invited to dine with the Spanish Royal family. The honeymoon morphed into a three year romp, with Dolores delighting in voice and dance lessons at stately Madrid and Paris schools. In 1921, the couple returned to Mexico City, Jaime intent on advancing his career whil...
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The theme that has been attached to this story is directly relevant to it as depicted by the anonymous letters which the main character is busy writing secretly based on gossip and distributing them to the different houses. Considering that people have an impression of her being a good woman who is quiet and peaceful, it becomes completely unbecoming that she instead engages in very abnormal behavior. What makes it even more terrible is the fact that she uses gossip as the premise for her to propagate her hate messages not only in a single household but across the many different households in the estate where she stays.
Sitting there it is difficult not to listen in on the many conversations that people are engaging in, while waiting. So many different voices all whispering because in the next room everyone knows that the curandera is healing; using her spiritual tools (prayer) to cure. Two women sitting to the right of us were having a detailed conversation about their reasons for coming to the curandera. The younger women with skin the color of “canela” (cinnamon) as is typical among Latinas was sharing her story with an elderly women that seemed to be in her early sixties, she had so many laugh wrinkles around her eyes and mouth that it was easy to diverge into another train of thought about the type of life that the old women might have lead. The younger girl was telling the older women that she works at the United Postal Service (U.P.S.) unloading boxes from the back of semi-trucks. This is where she was injured, in an attempt to pick a box she hurt her shoulder. The elderly woman asked her a series of questions such as why she worked at a place that seemed so labor intensive and if see complained to her supervisor. What was
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Rodriguez’s mother is left in a state of misery and isolation after her family leaves her. Left in Cuba without her children, Rodriguez’s mother has only her mother and husband. However, she suddenly finds a kitchen towel “smeared with another woman’s lipstick” and quickly
In the short story, Liliana Heker, describes how in the end, instead of being given a small trinket like all the other party guests, Senora Ines paid Rosaura, an action which left Rosaura feeling hurt and cold. This was stated in the last paragraph of this writing. While reading this bold section of this story, an image of hopelessness rushing in Rosaura’s mind and body.
To understand fully the implicit meaning and cultural challenges the film presents, a general knowledge of the film’s contents must be presented. The protagonist, Tita, suffers from typical Hispanic cultural oppression. The family rule, a common rule in this culture, was that the youngest daughter is to remain unwed for the duration of her mother’s life, and remain home to care for her. Mama Elena offers her daughter, Tita’s older sister Rosaura, to wed a man named Pedro, who is unknowingly in mutual love with Tita. Tita is forced to bake the cake for the wedding, which contains many tears that she cried during the process. Tita’s bitter tears cause all the wedding guests to become ill after consuming the cake, and Tita discovers she can influence others through her cooking. Throughout the film, Tita’s cooking plays an important role in all the events that transpire.
The second person point of view helps the reader to connect with the girl in this story. It shows the reader a better understanding of this character and how she is being raised to be a respectable woman. This point of view also gives us an insight on the life of women and shows us how they fit into their society. Through this point of view, the reader can also identify the important aspects of the social class and culture. The daughter tries to assert a sense of selfhood by replying to the mother but it is visible that the mother is being over whelming and constraining her daughter to prepare her for
At the beginning of the book, her mother doesn't want her to go to the party, but she gives one reason why “it’s a rich people's party.” Rosaura is befuddled and cannot comprehend why she shouldn't go to the party, not knowing what her mother means. Being stubborn, like any young child would be, Rosaura doesn't care what her mother thinks, and she goes to the party oblivious as to what she is there for. Her mother is trying to prevent the pure cruelty of understanding that she isn't equal to higher social classes. Her understanding of life changes immensely throughout the party, and little by little she realizes what she is there for. Not as a friend, but as a
In the story The Stolen Party, Liliana Heker shows symbolism, figurative language, and irony. Rosaura could not understand the differences between the rich and the poor. She was accepted by the rich family and was friends with their daughter, Luciana. Even though her mom told her that they only accepted her as a maid and nothing else. Nevertheless, she was eager to go to the party and decided to go with excitement. Symbolism, figurative language, and irony are expressed in the story and play an important role because it tells us the difference between the upper class and the lower class.
Rosaura believed that she was gonna get a present similar to the other girls and boys at the party, however Senora Ines reached into her purse and handed money to Rosaura and stated, “you really truly earned this, thank you for
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rich and poor people. The author tries to underscore Rosaura's circumstance while associating with the peruser to