People who have desire are human. Everyone has a desire though they try hard not to, it’s still there. It could be good, it could be bad, it could be selfish, and it could be selfless. Even the people in these stories have desires, and if you notice they’re all different. In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Mr. Loisel only, and greatest desire is to please his wife. For Instance “He was laying aside just that amount to buy a gun… All right, I will give you the four hundred francs.” This shows that he will sacrifice a lot for his wife. He sacrificed money, a gun for his hunting trip, his time instead working for ten grueling years just for her. It shows us how much he loved her, and was willing to sacrifice to get nothing in return. Mr. Loisel was a good man. It wasn't fair for him to be married to someone really selfish, and him doing all he can to please. Although they had to work ten years, and ending up the necklace was a fake, it taught them a really good lesson that they needed to learn. The short story “What, of this Goldfish, would you wish,” character Sergei has been through a lot, but he still has a desire, not to be alone. For instance “If he ever found a talking goldfish he wouldn't ask of it a single thing. He’d just …show more content…
Hutchinson’s only desire was to stay alive. For example “ You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn't fair!” This shows that Mrs. Hutchinson would have said or done anything to keep herself alive,but in reality it was probably karma catching up to her. All Mrs. Hutchinson wanted was to keep herself alive, she didn't care about her loved ones. “ There’s Don and Eva, Mrs. Hutchinson yelled. “ Make them take their chance!” This is important because it shows that she’ll throw more family in just to save herself. Overall her desire was to stay alive, and I think of what she would do for that desire is why karma came and she died out of all of
Desire is one of the most powerful feelings in the worlds since it can lead us to do things we can’t even imagine. For example, to violence, as seen in the film. As I watched the film I was often surprised by the decisions the main character made and I could see that even though they were rash and delirious, there was a really strong reason behind
In a literary work, the theme is the central idea of the writing. To understand the message that the author is trying to portray, the reader must understand the theme of the work. In the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant the reader can interpret many themes, but one of the main themes is greed. The story is about a middle-class lady who is miserable with life and feels as if she were meant for more luxury things. The husband receives and invitation to a ball and the wife feels as if she is meant to have jewels for the ball to appear wealthy. She has a wealthy friend who allows her to borrow a necklace of hers, but she loses it. Mathilde and her husband spend the next ten years in poverty from replacing the expensive necklace. Come to find out, the necklace she borrowed and lost is fake and if only she was not so greedy, she would not be in this situation. The theme of greed can be seen in many places throughout the story from the use characters, dialogue, and symbolism.
The theme of “The Necklace” is greed. I’ve observed that Ms.T_ has a really adamantine job. She is a teacher that a lot of kids have problems with, since they do not want to do what she wants them to do. These kids are lazy and don’t care about anything but their own selves. Ms.T_ wanted us to get on social media for our finals, well kids decided they were going to rant over this because they thought they were not learning anything. Little did they know Ms.T_ has plenty up her sleeve. They thought it would be a superior idea to go tell Ms.H_ because they thought they were going to make everyone’s lives better.
Maupassant and Morrison convey their themes of social acceptance and materialistic longings through the narrators' attitudes and develop these themes through the manipulation of plot. To maximize the effect of the themes, Maupassant and Morrison present them through female characters with an inherent desire for others to covet them and an attraction to materialistic wealth.
In a world of uncertainty, anything could happen in the blink of an eye. The narrator’s statement “How little a thing it takes to destroy you or to save you!” (paragraph 105). In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace,” Mathilde Loisel is a beautiful young woman who is full of pride and envy towards other women. Her husband is a minor clerk in the Ministry of Education.
The question is, ‘What choices do we make in our lives that are driven by our needs and wants?’ and that answer lies in these examples of people in stories and in real life choices being driven by their needs and wants. The first example would be Mathilde in the short story ‘The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde believes that she needs money and expensive things. The second example would be the thieves in the short story ‘Civil Peace’ by Chinua Achebe, the thieves want for money makes them turn to stealing. Lastly the third example would be how people who are addicted to drugs see the need and want senario.
In Guy De Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace,” the writer presents the main character Mathilde Loisel. Throughout the story, Madame Loisel, a beautiful women married to a clerk from the Ministry of Education, is preparing for the upcoming ball. With the event daunting on her mind, Mathilde asks her husband for money to buy a new dress. However, even with the new dress in hand she is still dissatisfied with the lack of jewels to match her outfit, and after a prompting from her husband, Mathilde asks her friend Madame Forestier to lend her a diamond necklace. On the day of the even, Madame Loisel, is declared the prize of the ball, and men and women alike shower her with affection as she steels their hearts with elegance and grace. Finally
He saved up four hundred francs to buy himself a gun, “he was laying aside just that amount to buy a gun and treat himself to a little shooting next summer on the plain of Nanterre, with several friends who went to shoot larks down there, of a Sunday.” (Maupassant p. 2) However, when he realized his wife needed a new dress for the ball, he used the money to buy her a new dress instead. During that time period, men spent their time and money doing manly things, leaving their wife in second place. The fact that M. Loisel spent money on his wife and put aside his own desires showed he really loved
She borrows a beautiful necklace from a friend.The necklace is lost after the party. Poor Monsieur Loisel goes out alone and searches all night and day for the jewels but has no luck. Loisel comes up with a plan to buy another necklace and return it to Mathilde's friend.This is quite a man. He takes his inheritance from his father; then, he borrows the rest of the money. They return the necklace. But that is just the beginning. For the next ten years, the Loisels work together to pay for the replacement necklace. Monsieur Loisel works a second job at night. They even give up their apartment. Both of them age tremendously over the years. Mathilde is no longer beautiful. She has hardened:She came to know the heavy work of the house, the hateful duties of the kitchen. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string; every morning she carried up the water.The author never lets the reader know if Mathilde appreciated her husband for taking care of her. They did accomplish something together, and she did rise to the occasion and do the hard work of the home. In reality, the hero of the story is Monsieur Loisel who worked alongside his wife to pay back the money for
Mathilde Loisel lived the life of a painfully distressed woman, who always believed herself worthy of living in the upper class. Although Mathilde was born into the average middle class family, she spent her time daydreaming of her destiny for more in life... especially when it came to her financial status. Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, tells a tale of a vain, narcissistic housewife who longed for the aristocratic lifestyle that she believed she was creditable for. In describing Mathilde’s self-serving, unappreciative, broken and fake human behaviors, de Maupassant incorporates the tragic irony that ultimately concludes in ruining her.
Authors choose to use symbols for various reasons in short stories. It is a way for them to use on object or idea to convey many different meanings to the audience. In “The Necklace,” the author Guy de Maupassant uses a very lavish looking necklace as his main symbol. The necklace helps defining what type of woman Mme. Loisel is. It also acts as the central conflict of the story. The symbolism that is used throughout this story is crucial to revealing the theme and understanding the main character.
Never accept anything and you will never be disappointed. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant is translated from French to English by John Siscoe.This story , as the title suggests, focuses on the necklace. As the necklace is given the symbolism of wealth , royalty, friendship, self respect and at last an ornament. Mathilde Loisel, young and married, has felt that she has attracted men at the ball and has relieved her wish of being rich by wearing dresses and a “diamond” necklace. This story has situational Irony. To mathilde the necklace was suppose to be one night thing ; ironically necklace takes a decade of her life.
Janwillem Van De Wetering says, “Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.” Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” tells of Mrs. Mathilde Loisel’s longings for the finer things in life. Her desires are so intense she risks her husband’s affections, the friendship of an old chum, and even her mediocre lifestyle to pursue these cravings. One small decision based on an ill-placed desire causes a slow drawn out death of the spirit, body and relationships.
Throughout the ages, literature has consistently reflected the interests and activities of a people. Therefore, some themes have been dominant in World Literature from ancient times to the present. One such theme greed and generosity, which is explored in the French short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant.
The moral of Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace” seems to be suggested by the line, “What would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace?” If Mathilde had not lost the necklace, or in fact, even asked to borrow the necklace, she and Mr. Loisel would not of been in debt ten long years. Because Mathilde had to borrow the necklace to make herself and others like her better her and Mr. Loisel’s economic situation had become worse than it already was. I think that the moral of the story is that people need to be happy with what they have and not be so greedy.