Summary Of The Dinner Party By Mona Gardner

In “The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner, the author skillfully utilizes the characters in order for the reader to come across a general message. She manages to use their individual mindsets, conversations, and personalities so that the message is subtly hidden and tucked in to the entire story. Some readers think that the message she is trying to place in the reader’s brains is that there is a severe sense of social inequality in this world, and that people should not judge others based on things that the person cannot change, like race or gender. The colonel in the story argues that “women haven’t the actual nerve control of men.” and all the other men in the room agree with him. He says, “A woman’s unfailing reaction in any crisis...is to