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Looking at the plot in a garden party The Sheridan family is arranging a Garden Party a beautiful sunny day. In the poorer neighbourhood across the street, a young man gets killed in an accident. When the young girl Laura hears about this, she wants the garden party cancelled to show some respect for the exposed family. Laura speaks with her sister and her mother about cancelling the party, but she is not taken seriously …

…he didn’t care about the garden party or the load music that it caused. It looks as if the man lying in the bed is in a peaceful eternal sleep, which Laura finds beautiful. The story “The Garden Party” is taken from a true story, which took place in the author’s childhood. Laura, the main character, is probably Katherine Mansfield herself. Katherine Mansfield wrote the story in the later part of her life.