An Analysis of the Characters of Liliana Hecker's Short Story The Stolen Party

The characters in the quick story, The Stolen Party demonstrate striking variations in their values and beliefs. Each and every character displays distinctive traits. It is these exclusive traits, which illustrate diverse aspects of society. Every single character then, represents a portion of the values and beliefs of todays society.

Rosaura is the major character of this writing. The story revolves around her from begin to finish. Rosaura is an inexperienced young girl. This story opens with an argument in between Rosaura and her mother. Rosaura wants to go to Lucianas birthday party. Luciana is in a wealthy family so Rosauras mother disapproves of her daughters attending the celebration. In the initial couple of sentences the author tends to make it evident that Rosaura is financially challenged. Rosauras mother says, I dont like you going due to the fact it is a wealthy peoples party. This a single sentence currently tells me that they are most likely not extremely wealthy. In addition Rosaura is an inexperienced young girl. She is not tarnished by the belief that absolutely everyone should be judged according to his or her economic worth. She, as opposed to her mother, judges men and women by who they are and not by how significantly income they have. When Rosauras mother states, you ought to not fart larger than your personal ass she shows that she feels beneath these who are wealthy. Rosauras argument shows that she does not feel bound by her monetary status. Her monetary state isnt even an concern to her. She says that she desires to go since she is a buddy of Luciana and because she was invited. The author also demonstrates Rosauras openness in the 1st handful of paragraphs of the story. Because Rosaura is only nine years old she has no prior knowledge of prejudice. She does not realize that her mother may be right about her assumption that not everybody will accept her at the party and treat her with the identical respect.

The author begins the story by demonstrating how much Rosauras mother loathes the wealthy. Her disapproval of her daughters attending the birthday party, expresses some hidden anger and maybe even jealousy towards those who are wealthy. Rosauras mother feels decrease than Luceanas family. She feels that a persons monetary status determines whom a particular person can associate with. The author ultimately reveals that Rosauras mother is a maid. Because her job does not pay extremely high wages she feels inferior to Lucianas family members. Her feelings of hostility toward the wealthy may come from years of prejudice. Rosauras mother consistently feels bound by her financial situation. Rosauras mother does not want her daughter going to the party due to the fact she is the daughter of humble maid. She feels that her daughter will not be looked upon as an equal, no matter what. Rosauras mother states, That ones not your pal. You know what you are to them? The maids daughter, thats what. But no matter how strongly Rosauras mother feels about this, she is willing to let her daughter go to the party. This demonstrates the unconditional love she has for her daughter.

There are some characters in this story that are not created as properly as Rosaura and her mother. A single of these characters is Luciana. Luciana is extremely comparable to Rosaura in that she sees every person as an equal. She does not think about Rosaura to be different from any of her other buddies. She in no way considers Rosauras economic predicament to be essential. She treats Rosaura like all of her other buddies.

One more character, which is not covered in depth, is Lucianas cousin. She is brought into this story by means of an argument with Rosaura. Lucianas cousin doesnt know Rosaura but she feels inclined to start an argument with her anyway. Lucianas cousin starts to query Rosaura. She inquiries the reality that Rosaura is a friend of Luciana. Lucianas cousin appears to feel that she is better than Rosaura. This shows the reader the first clues that Rosauras mother could have been right about wealthy men and women not accepting Rosaura.

Another character that is only introduced briefly is the magician. The author does not get into his personality or values but it is made clear that he sees all of the youngsters as equal.

The final character that is introduced is Senora Ines. After once more the author does not create her in depth. The author locations her in the story in order to demonstrate the prejudice, which Rosauras mother had described. Senora Ines offers Rosaura cash at the finish of the celebration rather than a modest present. This demonstrates to Rosaura that she is, in truth, looked upon as becoming various from the other kids.

Every single character in this story demonstrates an aspect of society these days. Rosaura signifies the unsuspecting poor kid. She represents the truth that a person typically does not create stereotypes till they have knowledgeable many of the aspects of life. Rosauras mother is placed in the story to illustrate an additional fact about todays society. Rosauras mother demonstrates that society influences the way a individual thinks. She shows that from years of encounter she has created a pattern of stereotyping wealthy people. Luciana represents the wealthy component of society that does not see less fortunate men and women as becoming diverse. She, like Rosaura, does not stereotype men and women because of their economic worth. Lucianas cousin, on the other hand, demonstrates that element of the wealthy population that feels superior to the financially challenged. The magician in this story represents an individual like a priest or a charity worker. He sees all of the little ones at the party as equals. He is willing to let any of them participate in his magic. Senora Ines plays the part of society that feels obligated to offer you charity to these who are significantly less fortunate.

The author not only writes a very fascinating story but also gives an crucial message regarding society. People are too concerned with cash in todays society. If we could all stay innocent (such as Rosaura and Luciana) and in no way turn out to be prejudice towards other folks the world would be a much better location. Everyone would be judged according to who they are and not by what they posses.