Good morning, she said, copying her mother’s voice. – Who is ‘she’? Why did she copy her mother’s voice? Why did she stammer? What made her recover? [1+2+2+1]
Ans. In Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘The Garden Party’, the pronoun ‘she’ in the present context refers to Laura, the youngest daughter of the Sheridan family.
> With a piece of buttered toast in her hand, Laura flew out of the house. She met the workmen in the garden and felt a little embarrassed. She did not know how to begin. As a result, she tried to address the workers as her mother would. She believed that initating her mother’s confident and assertive manner would enable her to supervise the workers more effectively.
> She felt ashamed of her unnatural voice and became flustered. So she stammered.
> The tallest worker’s natural and friendly smile allowed Laura to recover. Impressed by the workers’ friendliness and lack of pretence, Laura then switched to a more natural and conversational style.
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