Freshman

Freshman year consisted of a lot of essay questions dealing with passages we would read in class and during finals. I gained skills in interpreting stories by identifying certain themes and meanings to the stories and the characters in them. Freshman year was not a Creative Writing type of class, for we never had the chance to create our own stories.



The Stolen Party

"The Stolen Party" is a story about a young girl named Rosaura who is invited to a party by one of her friends, Luciana. But, there's a problem. In reality, Rosaura's mother is the maiden at Luciana's house and Rosaura's mother thinks she's only invited because of that. But Rosaura's mother is deeply mistaken. It's unfair of her mother to accuse other people of being liars simply because they are rich. Rosaura says, "You know nothing about friends!" And she is certainly right and proves her mother worng about being prejudice towards rich people. When Rosaura arrives at the party, she immediately asks about a monkey being at a party from what she heard. Luciana responds by saying, "He's in the kitchen. But don't tell anyone because it's a surprise." This is an example of of their friendship because Luciana has enough trust in her friend to tell her about the secret surprise of the party. Only true friends tell each other secrets because they trust one another. In addition, after school everyday, Rosaura and Luciana do their homework together while drinking tea and telling each other secrets. Luciana gives all the inside information about the party that she tells nobody else.

In conclusion, friendship is not about money or wealth, but about finding someone with the same interests as you, and Rosaura and Luciana share this. Nobody in the world can seperate genuine friendship, and Rosaura's mother realizes that by the end of the story.

-This was an essay response on my final to the short story "The Stolen Party". I don't remember reading this piece, but after re-reading my response, I do remember certain characters and the general outline of the story. Again, this was a one draft piece, so there was no capability for it to grow. I hate writing short responses to stories because they are always rushed and straight to the point. No creativity was illustrated in this piece, and there were countless grammatical and spelling errors throughout the piece.