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The Protagonist In Liliana Heker's The Stolen Party

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The Stolen Party

Liliana Heker uses the character of the protagonist’s mother in the narrative “The Stolen Party” to develop an understanding of the nature of class and money in the world of Rosaura. In the first scene, the author introduces the reader to the protagonist Rosaura, a young girl who aspires to be rich like her friend Luciana. After being invited to Luciana’s birthday party, Rosaura’s mother and Luciana’s family maid doubt that the invitation is real hence revealing the complicated relationships that develop throughout the narrative. As the story unfolds and Rosaura attends the party that she believes she belongs in, the author gradually reveals to the readers that the protagonist’s mother may have been right after all.

From the beginning of the narrative, Liliana Heker introduces the tension between the protagonist and her mother. Rosaura’s mother tells her daughter, …show more content…

Through this outburst, the mom lets Rosaura and the readers know that she is suspicious of wealthy people. Since she does not see as friends with Luciana’s family, she dictates the same for her daughter. On the other hand, Rosaura really wants to attend the party. When her mother tells her that Luciana is not a real friend, she yells “Shut up! You don’t know anything about being friends! The author reveals her apprehensiveness that her mother could be correct and hence yelling to convince herself of this fact. In the same scene, the author reveals some of Rosaura’s reflective thinking. Heker narrates,
“Rosaura too wanted to be rich of course. If one day she managed to reside in a beautiful palace, would her mother stop loving her? She felt very sad. She wanted to go to that party more than anything else in the world.”

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