Children are meant to live their childhood in pure bliss and happiness. Be it playing with a toy or celebrating friendship, they should go to bed every day satisfied and content. However in the eyes of society and community stereotypes, they must rethink every decision and thought at every moment. Children should not have to think of the world so complicatedly at an age where their own worlds seem so simple.
Every child has a certain toy or mindset at a young age that defines their childhood; yet when that piece of their identity disappears too soon, it has a devastating impact on them. In the case of Teddy, he creates his own toy in the form of a “fort [and] palace, painstakingly constructed from corrugated cardboard cartons” (Nowlan 1). …show more content…
It is dictated by social hierarchy, and standardized by stereotypes that often affect individuals negatively. However, negative forces are handled differently by every individual. The protagonists, Teddy from “The Fall of the City” and Rosaura from “The Stolen Party” are both literary examples of this claim, as their methods of dealing with social profiling contrasts from one another. When Teddy’s uncle sees his cardboard city, he criticizes Teddy and mocks him for his hobby. As a result, Teddy throws a fit and tears apart his creation, “crying by the time he finished tearing it to shreds” (Nowlan 3). Teddy is upset with abandoning his work of art, yet with society telling him what is ‘normal’, he resorts to destroying his cardboard town. On the contrary, Rosaura from “The Stolen Party” painfully discovers that her supposed best friend just saw her as the maid’s daughter. When Rosaura comes to this realisation, she behaves rather maturely and “instinctively [presses] herself against her mother's body. That was all” (Heker 6). Instead of losing her cool like Teddy, Rosaura responds to Senora Ines with silence. In this way it is clear that Rosaura is more accepting of her default role in society as the daughter of a house maid. As society continues to subconsciously control the minds of everyone, it shows stereotypical labels have a negative impact on its citizens. Thus using the two protagonists Teddy
Every child has a certain toy or mindset at a young age that defines their childhood; yet when that piece of their identity disappears too soon, it has a devastating impact on them. In the case of Teddy, he creates his own toy in the form of a “fort [and] palace, painstakingly constructed from corrugated cardboard cartons” (Nowlan 1). …show more content…
It is dictated by social hierarchy, and standardized by stereotypes that often affect individuals negatively. However, negative forces are handled differently by every individual. The protagonists, Teddy from “The Fall of the City” and Rosaura from “The Stolen Party” are both literary examples of this claim, as their methods of dealing with social profiling contrasts from one another. When Teddy’s uncle sees his cardboard city, he criticizes Teddy and mocks him for his hobby. As a result, Teddy throws a fit and tears apart his creation, “crying by the time he finished tearing it to shreds” (Nowlan 3). Teddy is upset with abandoning his work of art, yet with society telling him what is ‘normal’, he resorts to destroying his cardboard town. On the contrary, Rosaura from “The Stolen Party” painfully discovers that her supposed best friend just saw her as the maid’s daughter. When Rosaura comes to this realisation, she behaves rather maturely and “instinctively [presses] herself against her mother's body. That was all” (Heker 6). Instead of losing her cool like Teddy, Rosaura responds to Senora Ines with silence. In this way it is clear that Rosaura is more accepting of her default role in society as the daughter of a house maid. As society continues to subconsciously control the minds of everyone, it shows stereotypical labels have a negative impact on its citizens. Thus using the two protagonists Teddy