Her First Ball

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The story revolves around Leila, the protagonist, and her experiences duringher first ball. Leila is a young girl from the countryside whose excitement and thrill canbe felt as she anticipated the ball to her fullest although she did not want to show the excitement to her trendier cousins. Leila thrill grows as she enters the ball and looked at different people intheir beautiful ball attires. In the middle of the story Leila encounts an old man who seemingly reminded her that she does not exactly belong to the ball. It made her realize a number of things, she also questioned herself "Was this first ball only the beginning of her last ball, after all?" This filled the character with mixed feelings of despair and dread, especially since she was so far enjoying the night, and was probably even looking forward to more ball. Filled with despair, she resolved that it would indeed be better to be back where she is from, away from the extravagant and lively balls. Suddenly upon hearing a few notes being played on the orchestra and upon another invitation to dance, Leila found herself hesitating to take part in the dance again until she found her comfort once more and started to enjoy the ball. This time, however, she was filled with a new hope that although it was her first ball, she belonged to it as much as anyone else. This incident opened her mind to the true meaning of life. She had reached the age of maturity and had the guts to differentiate between appearance and reality; reality of life is beyond that and experience is worth it all. This links to the theme of loss of innocence and that that the human beings have a tendency to run away from realities of life, specially, when the realities are
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