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    Necklace: Need and Life

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    The Necklace In life we are too involved in materialistic things‚ and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have‚ the universe around us: we take these things for granted and don’t really realize what matters the most. It’s a belief that comfort‚ pleasure‚ and wealth are the most desirable things in life‚ but that belief is very wrong and misunderstood. We are only on earth for a short time and materialistic items are worldly desires. Materialistic items may seem to fill in parts

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    Are you’re actions based on what you believe or what your see and desire? In the text The Bet by Anton Chekhov and the text The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant both authors deal with the main idea that money and materialistic goods control peoples action in a larger scale than we realize. While both The Bet and The Necklace explore the idea of irony and symbolism‚ The Necklace goes on to use characterization while The Bet uses person vs. society conflict. Irony had a huge impact in The Bet and

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    Jameka Carey Ms. Austin College Writing II 9 February 2015 James Baldwin’s Biblical Literary Work James Baldwin‚ the astounding writer of a captivating and majestic piece of work‚ lays the foundation of a moral and spiritual message in “Sonny’s Blues”.There were countless outstanding biblical references and situations used to narrate the story‚ the parable of the Prodigal Son in relation to the two sons‚ brotherly love and compassion‚ the faith of both brothers‚ light and darkness and more significantly

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    In the article‚ "The Necklace"‚ the author‚ Guy de Maupassant‚ shows the theme‚ be happy with who you are and what you have‚ throughout the story by showing how Mathilde starts out‚ and then how she feels about what happens to her. He shows more of the theme each time when a conflict happens between her and the other people. To start the author shows the theme‚ be happy with who you are and what you have‚ in the beginning when she was rich and had a good life. She had married a man of a lower class

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    The symbol of the necklace plays a crucial role in the short story‚ indefinitely setting the main character on her fate. In Mme. Loisel’s case‚ it turned out for the worse‚ with her living a life of poverty. The necklace represents greed‚ selfishness; and wealth/power. The ideal of greed can be seen in the beginning paragraphs of the short story. “She suffered endlessly‚ feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury” (Guy de Maupassant‚ pg. 1). In this quote‚ it shows that Mme. Loisel has a

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    Forestier is able to provide her with a fabulous diamond necklace. But now Mathilde’s been entrusted with something expensive that belongs to someone else and we have the potential for disaster. It’s true that the complication is often when things "get worse‚" and that doesn’t really happen here (for that‚ we have to wait for the climax). In fact‚ after borrowing the necklace‚ Mathilde has the time of her life. But it’s when she borrows the necklace that the possibility opens up for something really bad

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    Elements of a High Performance Organization AJS/512 March 24‚ 2013 Instructor: Michele Bradford Developing and maintaining a high performances organization in today society can be challenge‚ organizations must have responsiveness‚ speed‚ and quality that is beyond the reach of individual performance. When the organization has a high performances teams generate commitment and provide the elements that inspire employees to give their very best. need to ensure that they are using an organizational

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    ANALYSIS OF THE LITERARY ELEMENTSINTHE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA : THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEWBY C.S. LEWIS | Date of Submission : | 6 September 2011 | Point of View In The Magician’s Nephew‚ Lewis writes in a third person omniscient perspective or third person limited omniscient. The narrator is not a part of the story‚ although he does address the reader at several points in the story. This narrator is privy to the thoughts and feelings of Digory and Polly‚ in particular. The reader is able to especially

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    The Necklace By: Guy de Maupassant “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet‚” (Stephen Hawkings). Greed has many consequences in our life and can affect more than just ourselves. Greed is in our innermost beings from the day we are born‚ ‘till the day we die. We force ourselves to give up those selfish ambitions with no avail. We fall into the traps of materialistic

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    Character Correspondence Characters of many different persona’s can have a numerous amount of the same feelings that motivate them. The main character in “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor‚ by Edgar Allen Poe and the main character in “The Necklace‚” Mathilde‚ by Guy de Maupassant are good representatives for this. Montresor and Mathilde have some of the same catalysts that cause their actions‚ megalomania‚ resentment and revenge. Montresor’s lust for power is indicative of his megalomania

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