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Critical Analysis Of The Garden Party

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In “The Garden Party,” Katherine Mansfield is emphasizing about class distinction to the reader. The author starts the story with a third person view, which is capturing Laura’s point of view, who is a member of the Sheridan’s. In the beginning of the literature, Laura is attending the garden party, held by her upper class family. But suddenly, Laura heard news about her “other side” neighbor, Mr. Scott, who passed away. Laura feel obligated to call off the party, and told her family to do so, but they insisted, thinking Laura was nonsense. After the party, Mrs. Sheridan has an idea, that Laura can take the leftovers to the Scott. Laura first insisted, but ended up go anyway, and met Mr. Scott’s family, which made her came into realization about the class distinctions itself.
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In the literature, Laura has been the most emphatic among her families. It can be seen from the way she insisted to cancel the garden party because of her “other side” neighbor passed away (361). Compares to her sister, Jose, Laura really has no interest in class distinctions. It shows how Laura really cares about her lower-class neighbor, since she still went and asked her mother to cancel the party, even after her sister refused. However, Laura was tempted when she was given a beautiful black and gold hat from her mother (362). She looked at the mirror, and astonished by her own look. Laura even doubts herself, whether felling guilty for Mr. Scott death is the right thing to do or not. After she amazed by her own look, she kind of “forget” and denying her feelings. Laura chose to enjoy the party and not thinking about Mr. Scott. Many people do the same way. They know they are guilty of something, but they deny their feelings, so they can “show off” of

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