The Stolen Party By Liliana Heker

Classism and its Effects on Society:“The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker Analysis
Society, since the beginning of humankind, has created the idea of social class, differentiating people based on social, political, economical, and financial basis. The contribution of this system in modern day society creates this great gap and repercussions that the lower class has to suffer with. In Liliana Heker’s “The Stolen Party”, it is no different. Heker, through this story, using symbols, figurative language, and irony proves that the difference in fact, is vast and that prejudice lies ubiquitously between the lines. A young girl and the daughter of a maid, Rosaura, gets invited (or so she thought) to go to her “friend” Luciana’s party, unaware of why

Though she is of a young age, she firmly believes in knowing more than her mother when it comes to the differences between the lower people, like herself, and the rich; which she believes to be little to none. The primary point Heker makes in proving this is when her mother points out the obvious to her before joining the party. She says, “Listen Rosaura. That one’s not your friend. You know what you are to them? The maid’s daughter, that’s what”(27), upon which Rosaura responded angrily. Her mother’s statement shows that if Rosaura did go to the party, she would be disheartened. Rosaura also said that she would die if not sent to the party, where the author expresses figurative language to the readers (a hyperbole). Moreover, the story portrays symbolism that shows classism against Rosaura using indirect means. For instance, when Senõra Ines and the party’s Magician take advantage of her (having her help out with drinks and entertain the other children), she was oblivious to that fact since she was just “helping out a friend” at her party. She believed so as she wasn’t a maid herself, just the daughter of one. This assisted Rosaura into believing what she