Response to Literature : The Necklace
by Barry Wright
Essay: Response to Literature : The Necklace
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Have you ever want too many things even though your life was already fulfilled and lost yourself? Have you ever
ask too much and regret for what you did? Every desire, ambition, selfishness and a bit of extravagant of a human
being was carefully portrayed in this story, “The Necklace”. The story is about a young woman named Mathilde
Loisel. Born in a family of artisans, she wasn’t rich, but beautiful and glamor. But she never feel satisfied of what
she had and never stop dreaming to have more, to live a luxury life with expensive homes and glittering dresses,
and eventually paid hard for her nonsense dreams. In “The Necklace”, Guy de Maupassant uses third person
limited narration to show how Mathilde Loisel changes in how she looks and acts, However, she does not fully
change in what she says or how she thinks.
Throughout the story, the third person limited narrator focuses on Mathilde’s evolving in her actions. Madame
Mathilde Loisel, a charming but selfish lady, never feel satisfied with her wants. Before she lost the necklace,
Mathilde thoughts are described as , “ She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury.”
(Maupassant 1). At first, Mathilde was unhappy and disappointed of her life. She was a beautiful woman, and
ought to live a magnificent life. But she was the daughter of an artisan, and then married a clerk in the Ministry of
Education, which broke her heart. She felt regretful, thought that she deserve to live a richer life. Although
Mathilde is not so poor, but she is quite miserable because she wants to have things that she won’t be able to
have. She lived in the middle-class, meaning she only had a sufficient amount of money for a standard living, but
not a luxury life. Howeve...