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    The Best Man Gets the Win Once upon a time in the middle of fall, leaves were falling from the trees like feathers. Bruce, a golden colored wolf, sat on a rock looking at the city below him. Hoping that maybe this year would be the year he can prove himself worthy to Panthera, the Queen of Sundham. Her old companion recently past and, it is time for a replacement. To take on such a position, one must a pass rigorous task, which will test your strengths. The winner will be Panthera’s husband Bruce

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    Money can definitely equal happiness as seen in “The Necklace” My personal life and in the world. Money does equal happiness because you can get anything you want. Also, you can have fun with your life instead of not having something. Money would have made the Loisels ecstatic because Madame Loisel would have had all the things she wanted. All she wanted is to be wealthy. Then she would buy everything she wanted like a dress, jewelry, a mansion, and butlers. And when Madame Loisel went to the ball

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    TITLE: THE RED NECKLACE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH EMAIL ID: rhitibose@gmail.com The main street that ran through the bazaar always looked like as if it was Diwali, the shops were bright and sparkled with lights, the aroma of hot Jalebies mingled with the scented dhupkathis floated in the air. The multicoloured banners and shop hoardings glowed, in the light from the streets. Tunes of latest Bollywood movies that played from the radios of the shop owners mingled with the honks of the rickshaws passing by

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    before, and I inched closer to see a silver necklace, embroidered with icons coiled in the center. I fingered it curious, and although archaic, it was in mint condition. My heart pumped quicker as goose bumps invaded my limbs, and my fingertips rang as a stark volt of electricity ventured up my spine, prickling my skin, and I dropped it. A violent shudder ripped through me with the buzz of my phone. I drew a deep breath, and bent down to retrieve the necklace, but it hovered off the ground by itself

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    what is important. In the short story “The Necklace” a woman named Mathilde is blinded by the want of a high-class life, resulting in ten years of struggling and being in debt. In the short story “The Golden Touch” a king wishes for gold but soon realizes that he had made a terrible mistake. In the article “In LaRiconada” corporations ruin the town’s beauty with all the chemicals they were using to mine their precious gold. In the short story “The Necklace” Mathilde is blinded by her desire for a

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    Do you know a materialistic person, who only cares about money? Do you like this person? Usually, people like this are not so friendly, just like Mathilde was. But in this case, Mathilde was able to change, and we can see this by some facts in the text; she was arrogant and materialistic, then became a motivated and comprehensive, and also she was lazy, but in the final she became a very hard worker woman. Mathilde actions and attitudes changes are very complex, but with these two things as support

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    amount of food from her “mother.” She could only imagine how much something like this could cost. Or… could she? “It could be more than just imagination, she thought.” She was alone, the only two inhabitants in the room being herself and the sapphire necklace. Without hesitation, she snatched it. “I deserve well more than this for all I’ve been thr ough,” she angrily uttered to herself. Almost any jeweler would pay good money for this. “I don’t need this place. I never did.” Now, Lithia felt as lively

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    stories are “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupossant and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber. “The Necklace” is about a materialistic woman who faces consequences because of her envious personality and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is about a man who experiences daydreams randomly throughout the day. Although both short stories used literary elements, Guy de Maupassant utilized them for readers to understand and enjoy the story more than James Thurber. “The Necklace” is a short story

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    Greed and Misfortune in The Necklace The quality of one’s emotional life changes over the years. But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In short story “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant is about a woman by the name of Mathilde. She’s described to be average in the physical sense and was married to a clerk by the name of Loisel. The couple get invited to a ball and shortly after, Mathlide complains that her wardrobe was too embarrassing to wear

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    and “The necklace” their characters used dialogue to show their traits or how they act. In The Necklace two of their characters displayed many character traits such as spoiled , bossy , selfish ,ungrateful , loving , etc . in The Bet two of their characters showed the readers, many other character traits such as hateful , cruel , uncaring , brave , etc. Dialogue in “the necklace” and “the bet” both reveal the way that their behaviors demonstrate character traits. Starting off “the necklace” written

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