The “Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker is a story of a girl wanting to go to a party but her mother won't let her because of their social class and the mother's view and perspective on that social class. The mother in end was right about the rich that they were liars and users of people. Senora Ines lied about Rosaura being an actual guest and not being there only so that she can use her to help with the party. On lines 75 and 135, Senora Ines is using her for many things without telling her. On Line 40 when she is carrying the big jug of orange juice without spilling it, cutting and passing out cake to everyone and in the end of the story being handed money for her services when she thought she was guest. Then being called a pet on line 136. This story as a whole makes you wonder why the mother let her go when she knew that something wasn't right? The mother might have done this as a learning experience as a way to show her daughter that people are going to use you no matter what if you are their friends or not. Rich or poor it doesn't matter, that is why she gave into the fact she wanted to go to the party. The girl with the bow the cousin of Luciana was kind of a wake up call to Rosaura. When her cousin said that she would have known of her and she didn't means that Rosaura and Luciana are not real friends. The mother was also right about that too when on line 11 she said, “That one's not your friend, You know what you are to them? The maid's daughter. The mother was right about everything that happened in the story and “The Stolen Party”, is a message that there is a deeper meaning for everything and once you experience something you can then learn from it.
I agree that things happen in life for you to learn lessons from. Also, mothers always knows best and you can see that on line 11. She does everything she can to protect her daughter and teach her valuable lessons.
ReplyDeleteI feel as if Senora Ines didn't really mean to offend Rosaura though. It seemed as if she believed that Rosaura understood that she was invited to the party to be the help. Rosaura's mother understood that as in Line 12 she told Rosaura "...You know what you are to them? The maid's daughter, that's what." so even she knew it was coming, it just happened to be a rude awakening for Rosaura herself.
ReplyDeleteI agree also that mothers know best for their child. I also agree with Kenny I don't think that senora Ines meant to offend Rosaura, but it could have been more of a miscommunication between the two. Rosaura thought she was invited to the party because she was a friend but really she was invited to help. Miscommunications don't always end in a happy ending, as shown in this story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all you about mothers knowing. Also feel as though moms a lot of time want you to experience yourself.this is also big on stereotype. line 11 it touches on how she will only be known as the maid daughters. this is huge problem today with a lot of people wanting to get out their parents shadow.
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