The Stolen Party

           The Stolen Party by Liliana Heker is a story about a young girl learning a lesson the hard way. In The Stolen Party,  the protagonist Rosaura is determined to attend her friend Luciana's birthday party. However her mother disagrees with Rosaura, saying that it is a party for the risk. This comes from her skeptic of the rich, as she works as a maid for Luciana's family. However she lets her go, and lets her learn a lesson as well.
           I focused on part two of The Stolen Party. I saw that multiple people had power, power to change the situation they were in at the current time or for the future. At the beginning of part two, Rosaura's mother has the power to stop Rosaura from attending the party. She also has the power to make Rosaura beautiful for a party she doesn't even want her daughter attending. However she exercises her power in a certain way, and she lets Rosaura attend the party, and starches her dress, and makes her hair shiny, which shows that Rosaura's mother cares about her daughter.
           Taking one step forward, Rosaura has the power to show the people at the party that she is confident of herself, by taking a "firm step" and showing off with "a slight toss" of her shiny skirt.
That is one example of word choice in section two, but elaborating on that would take me completely off topic, and I don't like to ramble.
           In the last paragraph of part two of The Stolen Party, the author states that Luciana puts on a "secretive look" to tell Rosaura about the monkey in the kitchen. This shows that Luciana has the power to determine the friendship between her and Rosaura, she completely in control, and Rosaura doesn't even know it. She is friends with Luciana, but it may be only based on the secrets they share with each other. I think that Rosaura may have a small piece of control over the friendship, but Luciana may not be able to see it. Rosaura has her confidence, which makes her powerful and strong.
            Finally, word choice. In The Stolen Party, the first word that stood out to me was "admired". Rosaura admiring herself in the mirror shows that she likes, or even loves ho she is, that even though her mother may be ashamed for Rosaura, Rosaura doesn't see that. That, or maybe it shows how naive she is. It could also mean she admires her own self confidence. The phrase "Terribly Pretty" could symbolize her mother's feelings, that Rosaura's beauty was being wasted on a party where it would not be appreciated. She is beautiful, but it is a terrible beauty, and is not being used for a good reason, a waste.
            The Stolen Party is also about a class system. Rosaura is the maid's daughter, and her mother's employers, her "friend" are one or more classes above. A person in the real world can see this everywhere. Just look at the news once in a while and you will her talk about the 99% and the 1%. I watched Mandela recently, and the class system there was all too clear, obvious is a large understatement. In conclusion, The Stolen Party  has many connections to the real world, current and past issues, some everyone can relate to.