The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant

In “The Necklace”, written by Guy De Maupassant, Madame Losiel, a main character, is seen by readers as an ungrateful human being. As the author develops her character throughout the story, many readers can produce many assumptions about Madame Losiel by the way she acts and by the remarks she makes. It is quite obvious that Madame Losiel is miserable with her life. This causes her to have many negative characteristics that many people do not wish to posses. With her pessimistic attitude, many readers cannot seem to feel sympathetic towards her. As the author develops Madame Losiel’s personality, readers can infer that she is a very self-centered person. Most readers can acquire this assumption by the way Madame acts, as well as the way she speaks. The Author explains that, “She suffered constantly, feeling that all the attributes of a gracious life, every luxury, should rightly been hers.” With this being said, Madame Loisel feels like she should be worthy of more because of her beauty. She also feels like feels like her fate is twisted because she was born into a poor family and had no change of moving up
Guy De Maupassant, the author of “The Necklace”, shares this inferior trait of hers by comparing what other people have to what she has. Additionally, he gives readers a better understanding and insight to Madame Losiel’s thoughts and feelings. An example from “The Necklace” shows this description quite well, “She had a rich friend, a schoolmate from the convent which she had attended, but she didn't like to visit her because it always made her miserable when she got home again. She would weep for whole days at a time from sorrow, regret, despair, and distress.” The author explains that Madame Losiel did not like being constantly reminded of what she did not have and could not afford. Therefore, she did not like going out much because it tended to make her even more