Stolen+Party+Revision


 * COMING OF AGE: A type of story where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment. Understanding comes after the dropping of preconceptions, a destruction of a false sense of security, or in some way the loss of innocence. Some of the shifts that take place are these: **
 *  ignorance to knowledge
 * innocence to experience
 * false view of world to correct view
 * idealism to realism
 * immature responses to mature responses

· Describe and analyze Rosaura’s reaction to Senora Ines’s “payment.” · Evaluate Senora Ines’s attitude and actions toward Rosaura. · In your own words, articulate what the “infinitely delicate balance” is. · Retrace the story's earlier events. Locate other passages where something is said without words. What can be inferred about the role of unspoken understandings in situations like these?
 * READING QUESTIONS **