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Liliana Heker's Short Story The Stolen Party

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“And I've been invited because Luciana is my friend. So there." In the short story The Stolen Party. By Liliana Heker demonstrates that people aren't always who they seem to be. In story Rosaura gets invited to a girl name Luciana's birthday. Rosaura is tricked into working the party . Rosaura is devastated when she finds out, which shows how people aren’t always who they seem to be. Though, others may say the true theme of the story is Things in life don’t always turn out the way one would expect them to. The story's true them is how people aren't always who one may think they are. Sometimes in life people will treat others differently to get what they want. Rosaura thought her and Luciana were friends. They spent their afternoons together
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