My best friend was about to turn 18, and because I was her closest friend, I decided to celebrate her birthday at my home. I invited eighty of our high school friends, which was anenormous mistake. I felt like I just became in charge of an oversized kindergarten class. I wasamazed at how difficult it was to become a hostess for eighty teenagers who had no idea whatmanners were. I ran around the house, kicking people out of bedrooms, filling up the drinks andfood, and wiping up spills that were everywhere. I barely even had a chance to have any fun attalk to anyone the entire night. The next year was the year that I decided to put everyone outsidein the backyard to celebrate the next birthday. Becoming a hostess is a great deal of workdepending on who the party is intended for.The story Hostess is also an account of having to be a hostess at a social gathering. The narrator becomes the hostess of a party and through her eyes, we gain her viewpoint of hersurroundings. Being the hostess, the narrator is thoughtful and caring towards all of friends andin the end winds up talking on the phone while all her guests are in the other room amusingthemselves.The narrator of the story comes directly out as being a motherly figure, calm and caring. She immediately selects a bowl for the young woman who is sick in the bathroom and brings herto another room where she can recover. In doing this, she leaves the bathroom open for anyonewho decides they need to use it. When the young womans boyfriend shows up at the party, thenarrator is about to reveal how she feels towards him because of his cheating with anotherwoman, but holds her emotions back and allows the boy to see the girl. She controls herbehaviors and emotions and doesnt allow the small interruptions or mishaps bother her.The narrator and her husband live in a trailer park and seem to be content with what theyhave. They appear to be very non-materialistic and careful with what the...
