The Importance Of Social Class In Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party

The society that belongs to the the class that works extremely hard for everything? Maybe the class that came from old money and did not work hard for anything and takes everything for granted? Or the class that has food stamps, you are on FBLA and the government hands you a six bedroom house is completely paid for and you did not do anything to deserve the house? The definition of social classes is where a group of people of similar status whether it be the poor, blue collar, and wealthy. Most social classes are commonly grouped on power or wealth. The “Garden Party “ is about the Sheridan family throwing a party and the mother is not planning anything and leaves it up to the girls to plan so Laura becomes nominated to decorate. When setting up the party they discover a dead man which the house was extremely close to the Sheridans and all the invited guest where in view of the dead man. Even though a street separates the two families they are are completely to ends of the spectrum. …show more content…
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The Sheridans are debating whether or not to cancel the party because of the dead man. “ If some one had died there normally- and I can’t understand how they keep alive in those poky little holes- we should still be having our party, shouldn’t we?” (Mansfield 257). As the quote states ‘how people keep alive in those poky little holes’ this is referring to the lower class and how do they survive in the simplest life they live. The family does not consider thinking about the dead man’s family. Again, the girls still continue the