The Stolen Party: Literature Analysis

The Stolen Party Literature outlineIn the story The Stolen Party, Rosaura, the protagonist, is a young naive girl who believes and trusts that each(prenominal) tribe be good. Her mother believes that exclusively rich people are liars and they are inferior to them. She feels that her daughter will non be looked upon as decents. Despite her mothers judgement, Rosaura continues to spend most of her time trying to convince her mother, as well as every nonpareil at the party, that being an educated girl makes her an equal to everyone at the party. Rosaura believes that she is invited to the party because she and Luciana are friends. They spend a good pith time to go throughher. Every afternoon, they do their homework, drink tea in the kitchen and attest each other secrets. Spending completely that time with Luciana urinates Rosaura enough grounds to assume that they are friends. Her mother tells her that she is not Lucianas friend, but merely the maids daughter. At the party, Rosaura helps Sefiora Ines, Lucianas mother, by serving at the party. Rosaura believes that Sefiora Ines is as magnate her to help because she is dependable and knows the set up better than anyone else at the party. She feels like she is fitting in Lucianas lifestyle and not being judged based on her social status, until she is harshly brought back to realness and faces the position of being inferior to rich people. At the end of the party, Sefiora Ines hold out loot bags to all the children and Rosaura even expected that she might get 2 for helping so much at the party. However, Sefiora Ines did not give her any loot bags and instead handed her 2 bills from her purse. She said you in truth earned this thank you for all your help, my pet (Heker 4). The innocent Rosaura was shocked when she observe that her mother was right all along. Rich people can neer treat poor people as their friends, further as their inferior. Rosaura entangle her arms stiffen, stick close to her body , and then she noticed her mothers hand on her shoulder. Instinctively, she pressed herself against her mothers body. That was all. Except her eyes. Rosauras eye had a cold, clear look that frozen(p) itself on Sefiora Ines face (Heker 4). Her dreams and her innocence were shattered by her naive view that she will not be judged based on her social air division as well as Sefiora Ines treatment towards Rosaura.Similarly, in the story The feed of the City, transmutation, the protagonists innocence was destroyed by his own naivety when he believed that he could live in his imaginary world forever. In the centre of the way of life stood a fort and a palace, painstakingly constructed from corrugated cardboard cartons ( right awaylan 1). He made his own palace and army out of cardboard boxes where he was the commander he controlled everything in his world, and he had nothing to worry about. However, one day when his uncle found out that Teddy was playing with paper dolls, he constant ly humiliated him. His uncle had a stereotypical view on sex activity social functions, in which he believes that boys should not be playing with dolls, as it was a female thing to do. When Teddy plays quietly, his uncle automatically assumes that he is getting into flap and embarrasses him. What Teddy had imagined and created for himself could not keep up with reality. There was no king Theodore, no Emperor Kang, no Theodoresburg, no Upalia, no Danova. There was only an attic full of preposterous cardboard buildings and ridiculous paper people (Nowlan 3). He could no longer feel the magic that he erst felt playing with his palace. When he went to the attic, the city was as he had go forth it. Yet everything had changed. Always before when we had come at that place, his flesh has tingled, his eyes had shone with excitement. Now there was only a taste like that of a nonplus nutmeat (Nowlan 3). He was constantly ridiculed and let down by the adults in his life, generally his u ncle, which resulted in him tearing and destroyed his own cardboard palace which ultimately lead to the destruction of his innocence. In some(prenominal) stories, the authors showed that both childrens naivety and the adults role in each story resulted in them being betrayed and disappointed.In both stories, the protagonist is looking for approval from their society and in each story, there are different stereotypes. In The Stolen Party Rosaura wanted approval from the higher(prenominal) class society and the support from her mother to believe that not all rich people are bad. In the end, Rosaura refuses to accept change, and believe that all people are bad, but learns that In contrast, in The fall of the City, Teddy is looking for approval from his uncle. His uncle had a stereotypical view on sex activity roles, in which he believes that boys should not be playing with dolls, as it was a female thing to do.