Stolen Party

Comparing and Contrasting Senora Ines and Rosaura In the short story “The Stolen Party”, Rosaura and Senora Ines impression on why Rosaura was invited to the party is completely different yet similar. “You know what you are to them, the maid's daughter”, her mother had said. Rosaura thought that she was invited to the “rich people’s” party because she was Luciana friend, but on the other hand, Senora Ines invited her to be a helper at the party. Normally, people only get invited to parties if you are a friend.

“And I've been invited because Luciana is my friend. So there. " In the short story The Stolen Party.

Most people have been tricked or mislead at some point in their life. They thought that one thing would happen, but then another thing did. In The Stolen Party, Liliana Hecker used symbolism with the monkey and the party favors to symbolize that Rosaura was not really a guest. One piece of evidence is the monkey in the cage, and how it wasn’t necessary for the magician. This explains that Rosaura was just helping out.

In the book, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Rosa shows that she is a very helpful person. Rosa was a very sweet girl who just so happened to be in Jessica's math class, even though she was a freshman and Jessica was a Jr. Rosa is a brilliant girl and she loved math and helping Jessica with it. “Hey!” Rosa calls,…… I hobble in and sit in a chair near her.

Pity changes the world. It feeds the hungry, builds schools, water wells, hospitals. But it requires a lot of dedication and work to create in literature. Multiple techniques need to be combined delicately to create such a powerful emotion. But Liliana Heker manages to effectively create pity for the young protagonist of “The Stolen Party” through the use of dramatic irony and symbolism, as well as a depiction of a sudden, devastating transition between childhood and maturity, The appearance of dramatic irony throughout the piece helps readers start pitying Rosaura.

‘’The Stolen Party” written by Liliana Heker is a short story about a nine year old girl named Rosaura. Rosaura is invited to a birthday party with rich people and she is treated more like a servant than a guest at the party. For example, Senora Ines reached into her pink purse and took out two dollar bills and give it to Rosaura, instead of giving her a goody bag as she did to the other children at Luciana’s birthday party. “Thank you for all your help, my pet” Senora Ines said to Rosaura. Senora Ines action showed that Rosaura was being treated more like a help than a guest at her daughter’s party. Senora Ines was Rosaura mom’s boss.

Bees are a mysterious species who have an incredible life that we know nothing about; in connection we live crazy, mysterious, lives with ups and downs; goods and bads. The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd is an extraordinary story about a teenager Lily Owens, her abusive father, her mother, and numerous friends. Lily lost her mother at a young age, so she runs away; she ends up living with a loving family of women and finds mothers within them. She learns about friendships, overcoming, forgiveness, and love. In The secret Life of Bees the author shows theme through conflict and symbolism.

Prejudice is a deathly disease, a near incurable malady, which has plagued society for many years, and will be here to stay for many more. Even today, in arguably our most liberal and free age so far in human history, there still is this pressing issue of people prejudging or being prejudged, having preconceived opinions and thoughts. This problem has gotten better over the years, but there was a time when this discrimination was at its absolute worst. Often the late 1800s to early 1900s are mentioned as being very strong in this with the infamous Jim Crow laws and separate but equal rules. Two notable books that come to mind around this era, specifically the 1930s, are Harper Lee’s

Blue Skin of the Sea is a great book written by Graham Salisbury. Blue Skin of the Sea quickly develops many characters in a short span of one chapter. The author does many things to develop the characters in this story including writing what the characters say, do, and think. First of all, Tutu Max was described as the nosiest person some people ever knew. The book stated, “If anyone could mess up a nice plan, it would be Tutu Max.”

To Be or Not To Be Abusive In the story The Taming of the Shrew, there are many characters who mistreat each other. Even characters who end up marrying each other do not get along. Many spouses today still mistreat each other, Petruchio’s relationship with Katherine is an example of this.

In “The Stolen Party,” author Liliana Heker uses third person limited to create a surprise ending. In stories, surprise ending create a depth to the story. Since short stories don’t have room to develop a plot, surprise endings can provide an aid to the plot. One reason for using third person limited is to make the plot fuller with a surprise ending.

During the Elizabethan Era, women were treated as objects and rarely received the respect they deserved. In Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, Baptista, the father of Bianca and Katharina, succeed at giving away both daughters within a week. Baptista favors one daughter over the other due to her obedience and lack of opinions. Katharina is portrayed to freely express herself, and has a hot temper. As a woman and a daughter in the 1500’s, Katharina is treated poorly, thus, the relationship between her and her father is degrading.