There was a great deal of irony in Liliana Hecker's"The Stolen Party". Rosaura was going to a party because her so called friend invited her. She was so naive she went even when her mother warned her that they might use her. When she went to the party, she was so happy to be there. She was dressed up and her was all nice. They tell her that she could be the magicians assistant and they let her serve the cake. Then at the end, when Senora Ines was passing out prizes to all of Luciana, Rosaura's friend, friends, instead of giving a prize she received money. That were the irony cones in. You probably excepted that she get a prize for coming but she got money. Why? Because Rosaura's mom was a maid. That's why she passed the cake and was an assistant and was payed actual money, because they were using her as a maid, just like her mom. To sum it all up, you expected Rosaura to have a good time and get a prize, but it turned it that she was being used.

The Stolen Party "Irony"

The Stolen Party shows a great level of irony through Rosaura and Luiciana. Their "friendship" was part of the irony because Rosaura thought she was her best friend but ironically Luciana was using their friendship so Rosaura can do most of the work. Like cleaning up and throwing out the cups etc. Actually, her mother warned her about this happening but Rosaura was so sure they were friends she didn't even worry about it. Her mother said that don't trust rich people, their liars. So Rosuara was definitely warned before she eve got ready to go, so she had time to stop and not go but she still went.
Evidence to support that Luciana was using Rosuara as a maid is towards the end of the story. While she was at the party she served the cake thinking that everyone would like her because of this. But their using her. Who goes to a party that's not yours and you serve the cake? I've personally never done that before. I don't understand how she didn't catch in to this. She was probably so excited to go she wasn't even thinking about it. This proves people aren't true friends. No matter how much you like people, some aren't true friends. This story made me think about who my friends are and if their using me for anything. Now every time I make a new friend i'll be sure to see what's really going on. To see what I'm not thinking. Poor Rosuara, when she grows up I hope she doesn't fall into this trap again.

My Reflections On Edgar Allen Poe's Statement Of "The Black Minister's Black Veil"by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edgar Allan Poe speculated that Minister Hooper may have had an affair with the young lady who died at the beginning of the story, as this is the first day he wears the veil, "and that a crime of dark dye, (having reference to the young lady) has been committed, is a point which only minds congenial with that of the author will perceive."
- bookrags.com & Wikipanion application

I agree with Poe because taken the setting of this story which is a highly religious Pilgrim town, you would have to be insane to walk aroung in public with a black veil hiding your face. All of the clergy and church members were whispering among each other " Minister Hooper has gone mad!" The young lady may have caused him to wear this veil but as Mr.Mcnamar stated "Just because Poe said it does not mean it is true."

Babylon Revisited

A theme of Scott F. Fitzgerald short story "Babylon Revisited" is that your consequences to your actions can sometimes be severe. Your actions can have severe consequences is the theme because Charlie regrets of being reckless three years ago. He illustrates this theme through Charlie's actions of trying to make better of what he had done to deserve unhappiness. He used to be irresponsible and immature because in the story " he had actually, in his immature years, stolen a tricycle and pedaled Lorraine all over Étoile between the small hours of dawn", (Fitzgerald12)," We tried to call the president",( Fitzgerald11) when he was engaged with his wife. He didn't take controll or realize what had happened when his wife was dead and his daughter was taken away from his care. After his wife was dead his sister-in-law hated him because she accused him of taking part of her sisters death. So when Charlie returned she didn't want to hear him and did't trust him when he said that he had changed. In the story it said" her response was more frankly tepid, though she minimized her expression of unalterable distrust by directing her regard toward his child", (Fitzgerald3).

Uncle Rock

In the story "Uncle Rock", it talks about a boy named Erick who has to deal with his mom finding a man to take care of them .The story tells us that Erick is a quiet boy who does not talk, and he is always dealing with men who want to go on a date with his mom. From reading this story, I can predict that Erick is annoyed with it, and he may be jealous because his mom pays more attention to the men than him. However, the mom talks to men with elegant suits on, because she assumes they are wealthy, from what they wear. Anyways, at the end of the store, a man named Rock takes Erick and his mother to a baseball game. The mother knows that Rock isn't wealthy, but she likes him anyways because he takes really good care of her. So, at the baseball game a lot of interesting events go on. First, Erick catches a baseball, then men from the team tells Erick to give them the ball so they can sign it for him. After they signed the ball for Erick he told Erick to give a note to his mom. After Erick thinks about what he's going to do, he realizes that Rock isn't the most wealthiest man his mother has gone out with, but in the end he treats her with respect and dignity. In the end Erick decides not to give the note to his mother, and he decided to speak up.

Babylon Revisited

In this story, a young man named Charlie suffers from the loss of his wife, and decides his daughter Honoria should come live with him. When Marion finds out he wants to raise her, she throws a fit and reminds him of how he locked her sister and she came knocking on her door; soaked to the skin and shivering. Charlie does admit that he did some terrible things in the past, and is willing to change his life for Honoria to be happy.

When Charlie woke up the next day, he was in a great mood, until he remembered the plans he and his wife Helen made. Instead of staying in bed and weeping over the loss of his wife, he rolled out of bed and went to the apartment. At the apartment, Charlie and Marion were having a conversation until Duncan and Loraine came in laughing all of a sudden. When they finally had control over themselves, they asked if Charlie would like to go out to eat. When Charlie said he couldn't, Loraine's voice became unpleasant and decided to leave. As soon as they left, Charlie grew furious and began to yell. When he was finished, he sat back down and thought about his family. He wanted his child, and nothing was good except that fact.

"Uncle Rock"

In the story " Uncle Rock" a child named Erick goes through important changes in the story that helps him choose right from wrong and find happiness with something that isn't the best of things but will bring happiness in the long run in his life and his mothers.

In " Uncle Rock" in the beginning of the story Erick is a child who doesn't really care about his mother because he is really passive about the men she chooses to bring into their lives even though he knows those men will only last for so long before they walk out of his and his mothers life. As the story progresses you can sense a change in Erick's passiveness towards his mothers choice of men when one of his mothers boyfiends leaves her and "Uncle Rock" enters the story. At first Erick's feelings toward "Uncle Rock" were very limited mainly just uncaring because he feels that Rock is just another guy his mom is "befriending"; a nobody. Until one day Rock took interest in Erick's liking to baseball and decided to take him and his mother to a ball game were one of the players took interest in Erick's mother and at that point Erick realized how much fun and happiness Rock was bringing to him and his mother that he decided to be an active roll in bringing happiness into him and his mothers life that he threw away the paper the baseball player gave to him to give to his mother because he knew from his mothers past relationship with men who had money that the relationship would just end in heart break and unhappiness.