Laura Mansfield's internal monologues are often used throughout the story, which leads to Laura's confrontations with the outside world. The first confrontation Laura had to face concerned class distinctions. when he first met the workers and immediately felt the friendliness they had. Instead of sounding stern, even attempting to copy her mother's voice as she had first thought, she collected herself and "took a big bite of her bread and butter to show that she despised stupid conventions" (Katherine,