Katherine Mansfield explores profoundly the world of death and its impact on a person in her short story The Garden Party Enter the Sheridans a wealthy high class family who live in England They are your everyday rich snobs who think themselves better than the common person There is however one person who is quite unlike her family and that is Laura Sheridan Laura started off in a bubble and has lived in it all her life She has been protected from the real world so she has never experienced the
The Garden Party is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1922 It is set in the 1920s it is just about the time that the industrial revolution has started The poor is getting poorer and the rich is getting richer Nevertheless there is always time for a party Laura the main character her two sisters Meg Jose and her brother Laurie are all well raised young adults from a privileged background Her mother who is only known as Mrs Sheridan has decided to throw a Garden party The story sets