'Civil Peace And Expensive Necklace'

Wanting something and needing something are two completely different things. Wanting something doesn’t necessarily mean you absolutely need that object. In the story “Civil Peace” Jonathan didn’t need the money the gov. gave him as a reward. In a similar situation in the story “Avarice” the narrator spoke of this girl that wanted to collect her engagement rings and porcelain buttons for various reasons. The story “The necklace” Matilda has a rich friend that possessed a “Expensive Necklace” and she wanted one just like it and also her same lifestyle.
“Civil Peace” is a story about an African man named Jonathan. In the story Jonathan finds some money and turns the money in. In return for the money, Jonathan received a small amount of the cash he found. Jonathan doesn’t care about money as much as his other things in life, there are far more important things like family. Jonathan was sleeping in his bed until he heard footsteps and people outside his house . “ To God who made me ; if you come inside and find one hundred pounds , take it and shoot me and my wife and children”.
Mathilde has a rich friend named Madam Georges and she wants everything that her friend madam Georges has in her house. Their families are similar in a way the only obvious difference is Mathilda isn't as fortunate as her friend. Matilda sees that her friend had an expensive necklace and wants to wear it out for a ball she is going to. At the dance the necklace is lost , Matilda feels she needs to pay for the necklace she lost. Matilda gets basically all of her money she owns and the money her husband owns and puts it towards a brand new