In “The Garden Party,” Katherine Mansfield tells a pointed social satire set in the first decade of the 20th century. The short story is set in Mansfield's childhood home at Tinakori Road in Wellington, New Zealand and relays the strong interest in class distinctions. As the daughter of a successful businessman – Harold Beauchamp, Mansfield is believed to have written the story as a reflection. of his opinions or as the account of an event which may have occurred during his childhood or adolescence. Written in 1922, “The Garden Party” was contextually affected by the political turmoil surrounding Europe. While Mansfield lost her brother – Leslie Heron Beauchamp – who was a soldier in France during the First World War, she looks back fondly on his memory. As Laura faces her inner conflict of class differences, she seeks comfort from her brother Laurie. “But what was life, she couldn’t explain. Never mind. He completely understood. “The protagonist of the story is Laura, who is the youngest daughter of the Sheridan family. Through Laura's naivety and confusion, Mansfield explores conventional views derived from Victorian socio-moral values. This is because Laura was protected from poverty and death outside of her privileged social class. Through multiple changes in the narrative of a third-person, subjective, omniscient narrator, the reader learns that Laura shows compassion and kindness without having been taught to do so. It is “the story of the growth and maturity of an idealistic young character” (Rich 2013). Although the story takes place in a short time frame, the reader is able to understand Laura's awareness of reality outside of her wealthy family. It ranges from social injustice to life and death. The first time the "r...... middle of paper ...... rden Party" reflects the cruelty of bourgeois society and Laura is a means of exploiting this and pushing the boundaries she calls absurd. To conclude, Mansfield presents the main theme of Laura's awakening from her adolescent confusion towards the rest of the Sheridan family's social values. The reader empathizes with his remorse over the young man's death, because the women in his family did not reciprocate his sensitivity. However, she did not fight for her ideals and instead obeyed her mother. She saw the young man's death for what it was and did not let her social class dissuade her from what she believed was right. However, she acceded to her mother's wish to forget them. Although the reader may be discouraged by the idea of ​​her growing up according to her mother's conformist values, the ending shows that she has noticed that her life is priceless..