The Dinner Party Analysis
Have you ever had an argument in which you just wanted to punch the adversary right in the face? Well, that's just about how a young girl felt in the fascinating fictional story written by Mina Gardner, The Dinner Party. The main message of this story is that any female can be just as equal as any male. In this story, a young girl brings up a thought provoking topic. She believed that women are perfectly equal as men. But as any other story she faces objection. To prove her point correct, the author shows us an example of Mrs. Wynnes, the hostess of the dinner party, realizing that there is a cobra under the dinner table, and taking control of the preposterous situation calmly. The colonel, who opposed the young girl's thought, was traumatized
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Wynnes. He finds out that there is a cobra under the table, and Mrs. Wynnes has realized that too. According to the naturalist, he calmly gets rid of the snake, but when he asks Mrs. Wynnes about how she suspected a cobra under the table, he gets startled. She asserted,"Because it was crawling on my foot"(Gardner 2). This example of bravery by the hostess assures us that women and men are equally brave and they have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era. Lastly, the author uses the colonel to show how typical men think. She uses the colonel as a self obsessed cruel male. His opinion about women is completely stereotypical and bogus. After the bravery shown by Mrs. Wynnes, the colonel's statement's made him look like an ignoramus. In conclusion, this story's main idea is that women are just as brave as men and they have grown out of the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era. The author has perfectly placed all the character. The young girl who started a big discussion, Mrs. Wynnes showing bravery, the colonel acting as if male's are the braver ones, and the American naturalist, who thought he had the cobra situation under control. Overall, all the characters were thoroughly described and they had been introduced at the right time in order for this story to reveal its
Wynnes. He finds out that there is a cobra under the table, and Mrs. Wynnes has realized that too. According to the naturalist, he calmly gets rid of the snake, but when he asks Mrs. Wynnes about how she suspected a cobra under the table, he gets startled. She asserted,"Because it was crawling on my foot"(Gardner 2). This example of bravery by the hostess assures us that women and men are equally brave and they have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era. Lastly, the author uses the colonel to show how typical men think. She uses the colonel as a self obsessed cruel male. His opinion about women is completely stereotypical and bogus. After the bravery shown by Mrs. Wynnes, the colonel's statement's made him look like an ignoramus. In conclusion, this story's main idea is that women are just as brave as men and they have grown out of the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era. The author has perfectly placed all the character. The young girl who started a big discussion, Mrs. Wynnes showing bravery, the colonel acting as if male's are the braver ones, and the American naturalist, who thought he had the cobra situation under control. Overall, all the characters were thoroughly described and they had been introduced at the right time in order for this story to reveal its