Denice Fohman The Stolen Party

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In a world full of people, there are any different types of ways you can think. You can be judgeful towards people in lower social classes or you can respect and help them. Many people choose to be judgeful. This isn't equality and equality if important. In the article “The Stolen Party” by Liliana Heker and “Borders” by denice Frohman, they explain how people are treated unfairly by the author's style. Though, many people can judge what they feel, but inequality is a big problem because people should not be judged by their social class.
To begin, Liliana Heker, the author of “The Stolen Party” develops thematic topic of inequality by using dialogue and the mood change. For instance, Heker starts off explaining how the mother is worried but towards the middle, my mood changed when the daughter was amused at the party because she was being treated properly. When reading this, my mood went from annoyed and angry to proud for Anna. However, my mood changed again towards the end because after Anna went to the party and
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To add, Frohman starts off explaining that she and her family has been immigrating a long time that she is used to it. Frohman, also explains that she has been poor for a long time and that her family has been working enough but isn't getting paid enough. This is all sensory language. When reading this can imagine this picture in my head of her family walking and walking each day to get to the border and how poor conditions are affecting her. I felt her pain why reading this and sensory language is was Denise used to make me feel like that. In the article, Frohman varied her word choice and used personification when she was explaining what to do when she gets to the border and Ana has to show she is an immigrant. As said in the poem, “So when they ask you for your papers, Ana, show them your

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