George Ade was an American writer.

His essay Effie Whittlesey was

written in 1886.
The theme of the text is social classes and their way of behaviour. Mainly the
text tell us the story of the family Wallance and the new maid- Effie. Effie
was an old friend of Mr Wallance and the fact that she and Mr Wallance get
along so well, was iritating Mrs Wallance. This is why she decide to fire her.
The ideea of the text is the people from higher social classes try to show
their superiority when in front of them is someone who is lower. This
phomenon is cause by the fact that those people try to fit in with their roles.
They think that if they behave like that, they will be respected and honoured.
As I mentioned above, the theme of the text is social classes, that are very
well show in the text by the Wallances adn Effie. Mrs Wallance is a tipical
woman who has the air of superiority and who thinks that she has the right
to treat in any other way her servants. Her husband , on the contrary is a
man who built his fortune out of nothing and this is why he is kind to his old
friend Effie. Effie is the character due to whom we can see this obvious
distinction between spouses.
The message tat the author try to send us is that no matter the
circumstances we are, we shall not forget about our values and the respect
toward others. We should remember that money dont make a person, but
the way he acts is more valuable.
The conflict that appears between the spouses show us that Mr Wallance
was not only gealous, but she wasnt able to speak up with her own husband,
while a servant was doing it more often than her. Here is a good example,
how even being from a lower social class Effie was able to entertain her old
friend. And Mr Wallance was still interesting as a person, even if he was rich.
The main characters from this text are Mr and Mrs Wallance and Effie
Whittlesy. Mrs Wallance isnt described to us in any phisical manner, but
from her actions we can notice that she is a rather stupborn person and a not
very kind.
Mr Wallance is shown us as a child of the soil as he mention himself, who
worked his way through college and came to the city. It shows us that he is
an ambitious person who tries to reach his goals. Moreover he is a polite
person , because he agrees to send Effie only in a gently and
dimplomatically way. Also, he is a sentimental person. When he saw Effie,
the panorama of is life rolled backward, meaning that he reminded to
himself of his old life.
Effie, as described by Mrs Wallance is not a young and good-looking girl,
working very hard working as Trojan is the comparison shes been given.
Effie is a good girl from the countryside, who cant harm anybody.
If we are talking about the title of the text Effie Whittlesy, I think that the
author named it in this way, because the girl shows us the contrast between
the spouces and the way their attitude is toward others. I think if I could
change the name of the text it would be social classes, mainly because this
is one of the themes.

The style of the text is colovial, easy to read and understand. The type of
the text is more a dialogue melled with some description. From my life
experience, I think I havent yet encountered people who achieved a higher
social position and suddenly changed themselves completely.