Children In Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party

In Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party,” the third reasons that show the rich Sheridans think they are better than the poor Scotts is because where the Scotts live it is not as clean as the place where the Sheridans live. However, the Sheridans forbid their children to play with the Scott’s children when they were small. Mansfield in her work “The Garden Party,” Mrs. Sheridan claims the Scotts speak repulsive language and she protected and forbidden her children to play with the Scotts’ children because she was afraid they might catch something.
Washerwomen lived in the lane and sweeps and a cobbler, and a man whose house-front studded all over with minute bird-cages. The Sheridans forbidden to set foot there because of the revolting language and of what they might catch. Since Laura and Laurie all grown up, they are on their prowls walked through. It was disgusting and sordid. They came out with a shudder. Still, one must go everywhere; one must see everything. So through they went. (Mansfield 72)
Sheridan would not permit their children to play with the Scott’s children; therefore, Mrs. Sheridan frightened that her children would learn offensive language and what the Scotts’ children had would indeed rub off on her children and they would catch it. Thus, the Sheridans categorizes the Scotts as infamous, and put their selves on the hierarchy as honorable since they are wealthy and represents the middle and high-class of people in society. Rhoda B. Nathan in her work “Critical Essays on Katherine Mansfield” in “The Garden Party,” Laura proves to be Mrs. Sheridan’s creator.
Laura is like her creator—because she stops everywhere to wonder at the beauty of things, the friendliness of the workmen putting up the marquee, the “darling little spots” of sun on the ink-pot, the lovely lilies. Suddenly, surprised and horrified that a tragedy has happened. A man killed outside the front gate. (Nathan