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Functions of a Fiction Writer

This achieves the author's role of helping the reader realize how they see and judge themselves and others. .
             "The Stolen Party" also exemplifies Margaret Atwood's second theory. Atwood mentions that in order to make a story's moral authority known, the author must speak out for the suppressed. In this particular story, the issue of misused unacknowledged social power is related to the theory. Throughout the story Senora Inez thinks she holds a higher place in society than her employees and their children. It is never mentioned in the story that the rich people are better or that they hold authority because of their social standings. So by simply assuming that the child needs the money and is willing to work is a misuse of her power. Another example of this is the blonde girl with the bow in her hair. She thinks she is better than Rosaura because she doesn't know her and doesn't coincide with her circle of friends. Even at this young age the blonde girl is already taught that her social class is better than the people who do not have the same criteria as her social group. Furthermore, Lilian Hecker gives Rosaura a voice by expressing the story from her point of view. A great majority of stories are told of rich people giving charity to those of lower income. In this case, the author is able to give a voice to the powerless by letting their story be known through their point of view. Rosaura is associated with being part of a lower social economic class that sets her apart from everyone else at that party. She remembers her mother's words perfectly. "You know what you are to them? The maid's daughter, that's what" (315). This gives the reader a better understanding of the characters" morals and characteristics. .
             Atwood's theories can also be exemplified in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. In this short story, the author complies with the responsibility of writing the moral sense of the community and examining society in an aspect that can make the reader reflect.


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