Narrator and point of view

The short story “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield is told by a third-person limited narrator

The narrator only presents Laura’s thoughts and feelings towards what she experiences. For example, the narrator knows what Laura thinks when she admires herself in the mirror: “Never had she imagined she could look like that. Is mother right? she thought. And now she hoped her mother was right” (ll. 321-323). Laura’s point of view is also presented when she meets the men assigned with installing the marquee:

They looked impressive. Laura wished now that she had not got the bread-and-butter, but there was nowhere to put it, and she couldn't possibly throw it away. She blushed and tried to look severe and even a little bit short-sighted as she ca...

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