![]() ![]() She believed it would be unsympathetic to continue the party, but she finds no such sympathy from her sister or mother who consider her concern for the poor ridiculous. He was a poor working-class man from one of the dilapidated cottages down the street. Laura learned that a man called Scott had fallen off his cart and died. Laura was then called inside to answer the phone, when she went back outside she found some of the servants standing horrified in the doorpost. Though she was nervous at first, she was surprised to find that the workers were far more gentle than she had assumed. Sheridan has tasked her to tell the workmen where they should set up the marquee. As Laura “the artistic one” her mother, Mrs. ![]() ![]() In the story the family is preparing to host a garden party. ‘The Garden Party’ follows Laura Sheridan, a young, upper class girl from the wealthy and status obsessed Sheridan family. From her childhood innocence, shielded from reality by her upper class upbringing, to her taking a more critical look at the social hierarchies that are in place by being confronted with reality. Katherine Mansfield describes in her story the protagonist’s change in her perception of herself and the world around her. ![]() For this assignment I chose The Garden Party because it was available on Somtoday. ![]()
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