In the "Stolen Party" written by Liliana Heker, a girl's dreams are shattered by the bitter reality of her destiny. Rosaura spends most of her time trying to convince her mother, as well as everyone at the party, that being an educated girl makes her an equal to everyone at the party. She feels great determination to become a part of her friend Luciana's lifestyle even though it would be rebelling against her mother's wishes. Rosaura almost believes she has accomplished this feature until she is harshly brought back to reality and faced with her position in life once again. It will be an impossible struggle to overcome the class status that she was born into with the many factors against her. Comparing and contrasting with "Everyday Use" written by Alice Walker tells about a poor family living in a ran down house. In the family, was a mother and two daughters; Maggie and Dee, all three having different views of heritage. Mama is a simple woman who can appear to be a country woman shows that heritage is done by living and doing simple things in life, Maggie is the shy passive sister that is similar to Mama in her simple way of life but she remembers the meaning of heritage. Dee is a college-attending student learning about heritage. Dee is stylish and outspoken. She tends to view heritage with an art deco attitude...stylish and trendy. Mama life has been spent working. Working hard in every sense of the word. She worked hard to give to her daughter the chances in life that she never had. Mama is a country woman big, strong, and self sufficient.
             The narrator of "Everyday Use" is about a black woman. She is a hard working woman; she seemed to have raised her two daughters (Maggie and Dee) by herself because she never mentions the father. She feels proud of what she does and how she acts, "I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man." She dreams of going on a TV show where is brought together with her daughter.
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