Garden party.doc 

Mansfield Biography.doc

Questions for "The Garden Party"

1.  Trace the contrasts found within the story:

• life versus death
• dream versus reality
• youth versus maturity
• beauty versus ugliness

2.  What does the hat symbolize?

3.  Critics say this is a truncated bildungsroman: What is the lesson Laura learns?  Does she mature through the story?  Find textual evidence to support your answer.