The Necklace Greed

The desire for money can control many emotions. An overwhelming supply excites a person, while another suffers poverty. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant was a short story involving a young woman in despair from her low income life. Rather than accepting her losses, the woman grieved harshly unless she obtained something resembling high class. In the end, she learned that riches can also hurt a person. The story opens by introducing Madame Loisel as a woman who lived in irony. She was described dreaming of wealth with fame but suffers of poverty with her humble husband. One evening, her husband revealed to her an invitation to a party. However, she believed she lacked any high class possessions. Therefore, she refused at first. If she somehow
Loisel, believed she was predestined for glory and despised her poor life. The story’s main issue involved her distaste towards poverty. Plus, her greed increased her poorness after replacing Mme. Forestier’s diamond necklace. Mme. Loisel thought money would grant happiness. In the story, she experienced her thought during the party. Her wealthy appearance captured the most attention by the participants. However, in this story, she experienced more negativity from money on multiple occasions. No money originally induced suffering, but the immense debt from the replacement necklace induced physical pressure on Mme. Loisel as she worked ten years paying it
For example, Mme. Loisel’s felt predestined for riches, but her life runs on a low income. The main character received the opposite wealth. Therefore, she was depressed. Another example is when the “necklace was no longer round her neck.” The irony occurred because though Mme. Loisel possessed her greedy imagination, she unknowingly lost the supposed one glamorous thing she held. Then, she spends ten years working although she never wanted work in the first place. At this moment, the reader understood irony presented the story’s theme in a cruel