“‘Monkeys at a birthday?’ she said. ‘Get away with you, believing any nonsense you’re told!’” page one paragraph five. Rosuara’s mother was telling her that monkeys at a party was nonsense, and that Rosuara going to that party and believing that she was invited as a guest was nonsense, and her mother knew that. Some might say this is about Rosuara’s mom teaching her a life lesson. About how she was only invited because she was the maid’s daughter. Not a friend of Luciana’s. Some might say this is about Rosuara’s mother teaching her a life lesson, how Rosuara was only invited because she was the maid’s daughter. At the party, Rosuara …show more content…
Since the monkey and Rosuara are represented in the same way, her mother didn’t want her going to be out of place. Rosuara looking “terribly pretty,” as the author put it, and admiring herself, and the monkey being admired by the children. Rosuara had been admiring herself because of her beautiful white Christmas dress, which was starched, and her glossy hair. She wasn’t the only one who had been admiring herself, Senora Ines had been admiring Rosuara too. The monkey had been admired because he was a creature none of the children had ever seen before, at least in real life. Everyone wanted to hold him. The monkey hadn’t been freaking out in anybody’s arms, but everybody seemed to be afraid to hold him. Rosuara hadn’t been afraid to hold him. She held him and didn’t freak out when the monkey disappeared and reappeared in her arms. With this supported evidence from Liliana Heker, some believe that it’s okay to say that Rosuara is clearly represented in the