The Garden Party

The Sheridan family watching the plot at the garden party arranges a garden party. This is a beautiful sunny day. An accident in a poor area that crossed the street killed a young man. When the girl Laura heard the news, she wanted the garden party to be canceled to express respect for the exposed family. Laura talked to the sister and mother about the cease of the party, but she was not seriously taken up. When her mother and sister opposed her, Laura fell into a very difficult situation.

Laura mentioned the confrontation at the "Garden Party" and said to her ruthless sister Jose. The garden party embodies the world of Sheridan women's dreams The basic principle of this world is to reorganize and reality the reality for the comfort and pleasure of residents. It is a war with the real world

In Catherine Mansfield's short story "Garden Party", some elements of the growing novel are clear. In fact, it can be described as "Truncated Growth Novel" (Rich). "Garden party" follows a young girl after experience, epiphany, turning point of life. And it changes the way she sees the world forever. This is "a story about the growth and maturity of a young idealistic role" (rich). The hero Laura is in a journey of evolution from her fantasy life to reality (Rich)

In Katherine Mansfield's short story "Garden Party", when he heard of the death of a man living under them, the hero was preparing a gorgeous garden party. Although he is from the lower class, Laura still believes that the male family is not so sensitive that the party must be canceled. She told her sister Jose, they needed to stop the party and her older sister answered Laura's proposal, "I will stop the garden party. Dear Laura, do not be ridiculous. Please do not be so luxurious "(228).

Much of the critical discussion about "Garden Party" focuses on the structure of the story. Warren S. Walker argued that Laura 's ambiguous response to Carter' s body proved flawed in the conclusion of the 'Garden Party' and caused considerable controversy. Robert Murray Davis, Donald S. Taylor, Adam J. Sogin, in answer to Walker's question, believed that the center of the story was opposite (living and death, dream and reality, youth and maturity, beauty and ugliness Here). It leads to artistic unity and satisfies the tension of the theme. Another commentator, Ben Satterfield, found that the ambiguity of "the garden party" was consistent with the irony he found through the story. In recent years, people's attention is focused on issues such as Laura's characteristics and results on the author's social class.