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    The headline of the text is “Her first ball”. The author is the Katherine Mansfield. The subject matter is one of the most important events in woman`s life. The theme is naivety‚ old generation opposite innocence and first feeling which has the young girl. Leila is so excited and terrified‚ but later‚ in the ball‚ excitement is not the only feelings she has‚ but also some other feelings. She considers that it is the beginning of everything. It seemed to her that she had never known what the night

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    Analysis of “Her first ball” The title of the story is “Her first ball” and it already tells what the story is all about. This story was written by a British writer Katherine Mansfield and it is told in the third-person point of view. The main character‚ who is the protagonist of the story‚ is a young girl named Leila. She is 18 years old and she is from the country. The other main character‚ the antagonist of the story‚ is a fat old man. The secondary characters are sheridan girls: Meg‚ Jose

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    Her First Ball – Katherine Mansfield Characters: Protagonist: Leila Her first ball is based primarily on Leila‚ who is the protagonist of the story. In this story‚ we do not particularly know her appearance‚ but can form an image of her through the description of her personality. Leila is youth and idealism personified. She is simple; she tries to act mature in the story because she feels indifferent amongst her cousins and it is uncomfortable for her. “She tried not to smile too much; she

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    before and after the ball in the P.E.E/C.C.C format: Leila the protagonist and the main character of the story "Her First Ball" is described as a girl who lives in an area that is quite isolated from the excitement of the city. In fact‚ she even says that her closest neighbor lives 15 miles away. This is why this event‚ her first ball‚ is such a rare and an exciting occasion for a girl like her. In this essay I will be explaining how her thoughts and feelings before and after the ball changes. Before

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    HER FIRST BALL KATHERINE MANSFIELD EXACTLY when the ball began Leila would have found it hard to say. Perhaps her first real partner was the cab. It did not matter that she shared the cab with the Sheridan girls and their brother. She sat back in her own little corner of it‚ and the bolster on which her hand rested felt like the sleeve of an unknown young man’s dress suit; and away they bowled‚ past waltzing lamp-posts and houses and fences and trees. "Have you really never been to

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    Her First Ball is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921‚ and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. Plot summary A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins‚ the Sheridan’s (who also appear in "The Garden Party.") As the story opens‚ they are going to a ball (A formal gathering for social dancing). Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there‚ she is both excited and terrified

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    "Her First Ball" is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield in 1921. A young girl‚ about 18 years of age called Leila is the protagonist of the story. The story expresses the Excitement and Anxiety of Leila‚ who is extremely self conscious at the prospect of attending her first formal ball. The prose is written in Third person Omniscient‚ where the narrator is not a character in the story nor Leila‚ but tells the story strictly through her eyes only and we read the thoughts going on in her mind

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    Question : Her First Ball Themes “Her First Ball” is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield’s‚ Mansfield’s mainly focuses with the shortness of happiness and joyful moments in human life. In this story‚ the protagonist is a young girl called Leila who with her cousins attends her first ball‚ a large formal ball with dancing. The main themes of this story are very dramatically described throughout the short story. The story tells us the idea of a girl’s first experience of a ball dance. Leila

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    "Her First Ball" is a title which itself suggests anticipation‚ excitement‚ fun; it is all that and more for Leila. Through the absent narrative‚ she is presented to us as a simple‚ innocent shy country girl who is yet to experience something fun and grand‚ like this ball. In fact‚ this ball itself is used as a metaphor for her own life; her transition from the innocent youth to the mature adult. We see this as the story progresses‚ and through her actions we recognize her thoughts. At the beginning

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    – Emphatic Writing I was on the way to my first ball. It did not matter that I shared the cab with the Sheridan girls and their brother. I tried to stay calm‚ but I was very excited about this new experience. We arrived at the drill hall‚ where the ball was. There were cabs in front of us and cabs behind and happy couples everywhere in the bright streets. Inside‚ the girls went into the Ladies’ room. It was crowded with girls getting ready for the ball. There were putting on powder‚ hair pins‚

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