"The Party" written by Frankie Lennone is a stroy about the author's life in the eigth grade where she is confused about her sexuality. There is a dance at the party held at her friend's house without any parental supervision. Her friends are always trying to hook her up with random boys but she is never interested in any of them. Whil the party is going on, she observes everyone around her and is extremely nervous at the fact that she might be asked to dance by a boy. She doesn't want to be there. She wants to leave but is afraid that the others will wonder or even find out the truth about her sexuality. To be safe, she has no choice but to stay at the party as her inner voice constantly speaks to her. I believe that inner voice in her head is her conscience speaking.
Through out the story, a voice speaks to her in her head. Not knowing how to handle a situation, she would ask a question in her mind and the voice would suddently answer back to her, or sometimes it didn't. A character has a set of qualities that make him or her up which includes an individuals personality, behavior, or appearance. In my opinion, the voice that speaks to her in her head is not a character, but instead her conscience speaking making her aware of the truth of her sexuality.
The voice also appears in other stories such as, "No Escape". In that story, the voice plays the role of the narrator's god fairy mother helping her get through her fears of the monsters she believes exist in the house. In my opinion, the voice helps me better understand how the character is feeling and what the character is thinking throughout the story. The voice helps the narrator overcome her worries and fears. With the voice, it even allows me to imagine myself in her shoes.
In the story, "The Party", the voice plays a role as her conscience telling her how she really feels deep down. Again, the voice helps me understand how the narrator is feelinging all through the story. The voice also tells the narrator a truth she tries to hide from herself and from the reader. The truth of how she knows what's different about herself but don't want to accept it. Being worries that the other kids will find out the truth about her sexuality, one of them eventually figures her out at the end. The voice kicks in and tells her, "You ain't had no boyfriend cause you didn't want none. Never did and never will". She becomes worried about her other friends finding out, but is determined that no one will. She knows that no one can prove it.
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