Every choice you make, if it's important or not, has a following consequence, good or bad. The theme in the stories are very alike. Style helps us understand the text by using bad choices as an example. And lastly, characterization tells us how the characters feel after, and what they have learned. I think the stories help me understand the consequence of my choice because they put the characters through similar days and problems like us in the real world, and that can give us an idea on how to handle these problems, and how not to handle them. Theme is a good portrayal of this idea. The repeating theme throughout the stores is that all actions have consequences. In ‘The Necklace’, Since Mathilde was so needy, she got what she wanted, but was too selfish and careless and she payed the price, literally for …show more content…
In ‘The Necklace’, it shows us the consequence of Mathilde’s poor choice and helps us learn for the future. The text says, ‘Oh my poor Mathilde! Why my necklace was only paste! It was at most only 500 francs!’ (Page 7) This shows that since she decided not to be truthful, and tell Jeanne how she had lost the necklace, she ended up paying way more money than she needed to, and she spend all those years paying back loans that could’ve been prevented. In ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, Mr White didn't bother to take the Sergeant's warning into any consideration, and he was punished greatly. On pages 4 and 7, the text states, ‘But I warn you of the consequences.’ and “Badly Hurt, he said, “but he is not in any pain.” This shows that since Mr White and Mrs White didn't take the powers of the paw seriously, and didn't be careful, their son was now dead because of their inconsiderate selves. These two stories show that the style set for their choices showed us that not all choices are good, and that characters and even real people, have to learn from this the hard way. Characterization is the last and helpful way to learn from these
Why at most it was worth only five hundred francs. " This is a quote from the story that her friend Mme. Loisel ,says that the necklace was just 500 francs and it was fake. So Mathilde went through all that trouble and lost everything for nothing. That shows more situational
Stories are always bringing in some sort of memories and relations to us. We can relate to them or make us think about situation the character is in. In a deeper aspect of it, we think about their situation and we put ourselves into their place. With the different stories that were read in class, I was force to see some of my own identities being played into them. I could relate to some of the characters in the different stories.
Mathilde wanted to be rich and live a luxurious life. She did not just want to be rich but she thought that she deserved to be rich. Before she got married she was living a decent lifestyle,she even had a maid for the house “She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born every delicacy and luxury.” (1). One night Mathilde and her husband got invited to go to a fancy ball. But she did not have any jewelry to wear so she borrowed a necklace from her friend. After the party she realized that the necklace was gone. She and her husband had to go out and buy the same necklace but for thirty six thousand francs. They had to be in debt for more than ten years. One day she decided to tell the woman that she borrowed the necklace from that she lost her original one and this is another one. ‘“Oh my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at very most five hundred francs!...”’(8). Mathilde and her husband were in debt for most of their lives and lived in poverty. The irony in the story is Mathilde wanted to be very rich but ended up the poorest of the poor and the necklace she lost was imitation and she ended up paying so much more money to replace it than she actually
In “The Necklace”, Mathilde Loisel is a woman who cannot tolerate her lower-class status, believing “herself born for every delicacy and luxury”(82). Mathilde’s vain materialistic goals, make her bitter and unhappy. The main point of irony in the story is the fact that Mathilde borrows the necklace and looses it. The necklace was very expensive, or so she thought, so she ended up in poverty
Mathilde finds herself dissatisfied with her life. She craves for riches and glamour. Instead of appreciating what she has, Mathilde craves for jewels and high class commodities. One day, her husband receives an invitation to a formal party, which would give Mathilde a chance to experience the luxuries of high society. However, she seems upset because she does not own a formal dress to wear to the ball. Mathilde’s husband feels compassion for her and gives her his savings to buy a new and elegant dress. The night before the ball, we noticed Mathilde’s greed when she complains that she has no ornament to put on. She arrogantly tells her husband, “It's so mortifying to look poverty-stricken among women who are rich” (Maupassant). For this reason, he then advises her to borrow some jewelry from her friend, Madam Forestier. Blinded by greed, Mathilde follows her husband’s advice and borrows what looks like a diamond necklace. At the ball, she has a great time. However, when she and her husband get home, she realizes she has lost the diamond necklace. Worried by the consequences of losing a diamond necklace, Mathilde’s husband decides to buy a new necklace by using his inheritance, getting loans, and borrowing money from acquaintances. They return the necklace to Madam Forestier and focus on paying their debt. After 10 years of hard labor and misery, they eventually pay all their debts. At the end of the short story, Mathilde finds out that the diamond necklace she borrowed was fake. Ultimately, we see how greed drove Mathilde to misery and
‘The Necklace’ is a morality tale written by Guy de Maupassant where he portrays the life of a beautiful but dissatisfied girl named Mathilde who desires to live a luxurious life despite being born into a clerk’s family and marrying a clerk too. Mathilde’s discontentment in life instigates her to pretend someone rich that she is not. Moreover, it leads her to severe trouble that caused ten years of hardship to Mathilde and her husband. So, this suffering is a punishment for Mathilde which taught her a lesson and changed her dramatically over the course of the story by making her a person of completely different personality for whom appearances
Others may believe that a theme that would best fit the story by George Orwell is: Bullies can be overcome. Some people think this way, because according to George Orwell, he states, “The animals lashed ropes around these, and then altogether, cows, horses, sheep, any animal that could lay hold of the rope-even the pigs sometimes joined in critical moments…” This shows that this theme would fit this story perfectly, because the pigs did work in critical moments. Also, if the pigs were actually that bad of a bully, then they wouldn’t have helped, and would rather have supervised the others. While it is true that the pigs did help, it does not necessarily mean that that the pigs are the worse of the animals and they are the bullies. As seen above, it is obvious that this theme fits the text perfectly because the pigs did overcome being a bully by helping the others. Even though the animals helped only in critical moments, at least they still helped, because if they wanted, they could have just sat there and do nothing; but the pigs didn’t choose to do it that way. We can also see that the pigs aren't bullies because an attribute of a bully is to not help others, while the pigs did help the animals. Also, according to Orwell he states, “Our sole object is taking these things in to preserve our health.” This piece of evidence shows that the pigs did overcome being bullies, because they are eating what's best for them, because they know that if they want to overcome themselves being bullied, then they have to eat what’s best for them so their nutrition can help the throughout the day.
In “The Necklace” Written by Guy de Maupassant in 1884 Mathilde was very selfish, while her husband was very generous. Mathilde's husband was invited to a party, which he thought Mathilde was going be thrilled. Mathilde throwing a tantrum at her husband saying how she had no dress since they were poor. Even though, he knew she was ungrateful Mr. Louisel, yet showed generosity, since he gave the money he was originally saving for a gun to Mathilde to buy a dress. Later on, she complained about her choice of jewelry. Her husband suggested her to borrow one of her friends' jewelry, Madame Forestier since she was rich. In the text it states, (P.2) “She suffered endlessly, feeling born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house..." Maupassant showed that even after having a roof to live under she still thought she "deserved" more than what she had because of her looks. After the party, Mathilde realized she lost her friend’s necklace and had no choice other than replacing it. They found a necklace that was a replica of the original necklace, which was 3,600 francs. Mathilde and her husband for 10 years of their life were wasted into paying a debt. Mr. Louisel’s generous dialogue continued since he helped Mathilde pay off the debt when it was initially all Mathilde fault. After vowing to replace Madame Forestier's necklace Mathilde's attitude changed completely after perceiving she was self-centered and selfish and have to be appreciative what you have. In paragraph 96 the author says, "She came to know the heavy work of the house, the hateful duties of the kitchen. She washed the plates, wearing out her pink nails on the coarse pottery and the bottoms of pans. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts, and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on
The Necklace The theme of The Necklace revolves around deceit. The deleterious effects that lives, fear, and assumptions have on lies, morality, and ethics can be seen in everyday life. Examples of this could be; lying to get out of trouble, cheating on your spouse, or maybe even passing off fake products as the real deal.
She took her husband and the all the things he provided for her for granted. Mathidle was not satisfied with just a new dress, she had to have jewels to go with it. “’It annoys me not to have a single jewel, not a single stone, nothing to put on. I shall look like distress. I should almost rather not go at all.’” She also did not care how much money the dress and the jewelry would cost. To her, all that mattered was if she looked good enough to fit in with the wealthy. She was fortunate enough to be able to borrow the perfect necklace from her wealthy friend. “All of a sudden she discovered, in a black satin box, a superb necklace of diamonds; and her heart began to beat with an immoderate desire. Her hands trembled as she took it. She fastened it around her throat, outside her high-necked dress, and remained lost in ecstasy at the sight of
In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” Mathilde is blinded by her desires until her life is changed forever. Even though Mathilde has a wonderful life, she yearns for more. Her husband struggles everyday to please her need for power and pride. With a greedy, sinful voice calling her by name, she is deprived of the joy that affection can bring. The journey that Mathilde travels, due to her need for a higher social status, ultimately causes her to realize the love in her life.
Selfishness in The Necklace by Maupassant In Guy de Maupassant's, "The Necklace" all the characters in the story exhibit similar behavior by showing that they think of themselves rather than of others. A close look at the behavior of the characters in "The Necklace" reveals more than a story about a spoiled selfish woman, but what we see is a story about a whole society of selfish people. In "The Necklace" a woman named Mathilde lives a depressed life because she does not live the life style that she desires.
One, noticeable part that plays a huge part in the theme is irony and/or suspense. In “The Necklace” the readers are suspenseful of if Mathilde will come out and tell the truth or try to cover up her steps. Mathilde hurries to find the diamond necklace that she has lost, and to find someone willing to work with her payment plan. Throughout this short story Mathilde faces hard tasks of work to receive the money until she can pay it off. Also, It was very suspenseful when overtime we watched Mathilde try to conquer her external conflict. Suspenseful was a feeling that took over most readers because most of them were worried that Mathilde’s friend was going to find out about to lost of the necklace. Also, Ironically the necklace was fake causing all of Mathilde’s hard work to be useless. Overall, this taught Mathilde a lesson.
“The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant, is an interesting tale of a beautiful but spoiled woman called Madame Loisel, who borrows a diamond necklace from a friend for a ball. However, Madame Loisel loses the necklace and, consequently, buys her friend a new one as a replacement. This purchase sends her into debt for ten years, which causes her to become hard-working and less beautiful. At the end of the story, it turns out that the original necklace was a fake, worth a fraction of the one she bought. In “The Necklace”, the author uses friendship and marriage to support the idea that, in any relationship, the flaws and strengths of each individual shape the flaws and strengths of the other.
When her husband gave her the invitation to the ball, which was a perfect place to meet the rich people, Mathilde got mad and cried. It was a shame since she has nothing to wear. Mr Loisel gave his money to Mathilde and she got an elegance dress. But she didn’t stop and wanted to have jewels. Mathilde met her friend, Madame Forestier and chose an gorgeous diamond necklace. Of course, she became the prettiest woman in the ball, with everyone stared at her, as if she was the most attractive woman ever. She felt fascinated, just like her dream came true. But then a tragic came to her. She lost the necklace! Mathilde and her husband tried to find the necklace, but they found nothing. Mathilde lost her hope and had aged five years. The Loisels finally decided to replace the diamonds for 36 000 Francs, spent all of their money and accepted to pay the debts. It was such an unfortunate situation. After Mathilde lost the necklace, she was described as “ And, clad like a poor woman, she went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money”. (Maupassant 8). The family was suffering from poverty and have to pay the debts continuously. Mathilde changed immediately and did everything. They have worked so hard to earn every single penny for their life, to survive and pay all those debts. The third person limited