Stolen Self-esteem

In "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker we see something we don't often think about. A lot of the time when we hear a Spanish name, or think about Spanish people, we think about maids, or people who work outside. That's a big sterotype that I think most of us are guilty of. In this story that's not the case. A woman named Senora Ines, which is clearly a very Spanish name, is actually the opposite of what the sterotype is for Spanish people; she's very rich. Rich enough to "invite" Rosaura to the party to have her work, and pay her afterwards. It's not so obvious at first, but towards the end when the author writes, "In her hand appeared two bills... 'Thank you for all your help, my pet.'" Which is very obviousy indicating that, just like her mother, Ro was working for Senora Ines. This shows social class because Senora Ines is obviously on a higher level than Ro and her mother, probably thinking she's better than them as well. In this text we see a pretty popular sterotype which is that all rich people are snotty. In the text the author writes, "...'I'm her cousin and I know all her friends. And I don't know you.'" Kind of indicating that Ro and Luciana aren't really friends, and she's just there. I feel like in this text the author shows loss of self. Thinking you are friends with someone and being invited to their party, only to find out you are working for them has to hurt, and cause self esteem to drop. Thinking you ust aren't good enough because of the amount of money you have, clothes you where, or something as simple as your last name has to be very distructive to a person.