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Symbolism In Liliana Hecker's The Stolen Party

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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. Some may say that this evidence is not symbolism, it’s a metaphor. However, metaphors are when you compare two things, and then it is clear that it is actually symbolism. Another piece of evidence is the party favors given out at the end of the story. These symbolise that the receiver is a true guest. This proves that symbolism
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