"The Stolen Party" and Other Stories Lesson Plan

How does Georgina's family treat her and why is this important? How much or how little are they included in the story, and what does this demonstrate?

On a first reading of the story, students might wonder what circumstances in her family allowed for Georgina to be discovered by the President walking along the street all by herself at six years old. Students will also observe that there is only one paragraph about Georgina's family, in which her mother and grandmother capitalize on her fame by using it to entertain visitors and at the same time reject Georgina, asking "why she won't play like the other six-year-old girls." The President throws them in the dungeon, in a...