Analysis Of The Stolen Party By Liliana Heker

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Reading Liliana Heker’s story called “The Stolen Party”, it gave me an outlook on the way rich people see us wealthy people in todays society. While reading the short story I had various ideas of what the situation was. I felt as if at first, maybe Señora Ines was a sweetheart and wanted Rosaura to feel welcomed, but after reading the part where Señora Ines puts her to do all these different tasks, I was somewhat confused. However, in the end when Señora Ines hands to Rosuara two dollar bills rather than one of the toys she handed to the other kids, it leads me to believe that Señor Ines is in fact a snob and her appearance in society.
To begin with, one lesson this short story taught me is that no matter how much we don 't want to admit it…. …show more content…

What really threw me off is that why did Señor Ines make Rosaura distribute hot dogs and the cake? Is she not a guest ? Assuming that Señora Ines has all this money you would think that she has people that are helping her serve the party or am I wrong? Señora Ines informed Rosuara that she was the only one allowed in the kitchen because the others are “too much boisterous, they might break something.” (404). At first I thought that Señora Ines honestly just trusts Rosuara however, after further reading I realized that all along Señora Ines was shockingly just manipulating the poor little …show more content…

Señora Ines after handing her those two dollar bills made it pretty clear that Rosaura is not and will never be Luciana’s friend or a guest at their house but that she simply just the maid 's daughter. Thats extremely sad. Its so degrading to think that an old woman like Señora Ines would play with a little girl 's emotions like that. It makes it seem like rich snobs like Señora Ines don 't have a heart and all they care about is money. Not only that, but who has maids nowadays like the fact that she does just proves that she is a rich snob but even more lazy to clean her own

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