THE PUDDING LIKE A NIGHT ON THE SEA Ann Cameron “I’m going to make something special for your mother”‚ my father said . My mother was out shopping. My father was in the kitchen looking at the pots and the pans and the jars of this and that. “What are you going to make?” I said. “A pudding” he said. My father is a big man with wild black hair. When he laughs‚ the sun laughs in the windowpanes. When he thinks‚ you can almost see his thoughts sitting on all the tables and chairs. When he is hungry
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in 1884 and a poem‚ ‘The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin in 1894 are literary works that are very comparable yet are different. The two women‚ Madame Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard‚ portrayed in these literary works are protagonists who have trouble because of conflicting expectations imposed on them by society. Both Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard want something more than what their lifestyle offers them. During the time when the authors wrote these pieces‚ the social behaviors showed
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have finally succeeded in their search. Nature plays a major role in both lives. They both struggle to find their independence and the ending of their stories end up being triumphant‚ tragic and ironic. “The Necklace” weaves a tale about Madame Loisel who has always dreamed of the finer things in life and is discontented with her middle class lifestyle. The price she pays for one single evening at the ball‚ turns into 10 years of drudgery and despair in her life. Most good stories start
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So many similarities and so many differences‚ but all so interesting. Two women‚ Della‚ from New York City and Madame Loisel‚ she is from Paris‚ France are both very similar characters‚ yet they are from two different short stories. Della is from “The Gift of the Magi” by O’Henry and Madame Loisel or Mathilde from “The Necklace”. Both of these short stories share very similar plots‚ but they are also very different. Starting with “The Gift of the Magi”‚ the story takes place in New York City. The
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Loisel borrows necklace from her friend Mme. Forestier. She tries too many jewelries in front of mirror and likes the necklace in black satin box. The objects mirror‚ black satin box symbolizes false‚ illusion‚ and fake for a temporary period. The ball party
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that one has. Mauppasant introduces us to the story’s main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ a middle-class woman who is overwhelmed with her lot in life or lack thereof. She feels as though she has been cheated out of all of the things that are important and resents the fact that she is “one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes‚ born into a family of clerks.” The idea of living modestly is a tragic injustice to Mathilde who desires “to be envied‚ to be charming‚ to be sought after‚” but
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contrast the female characters in ‘Veronica’ and ‘The Necklace’ Both ‘Veronica’ and The Necklace’ concentrate on the female main character‚ one of the similarities. However the characters are more different than similar. In ‘The Necklace’ there is Mathilde who desires for wealth and popularity. She is seen as desperate. The Necklace was written in 1884 by Guy de Maupassant a French writer. In ‘Veronica’ the main female character is Veronica; a native villager. Veronica is seen as a strong‚ happy character
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on February 17th in 1884. “The Necklace” is a story of a young woman by the name of Madame Mathilde Loisel and her husband who both get invited to an exquisite party. Not owning much wealth and riches‚ Mathilde is distressed by the invitation‚ knowing that she will be surrounded by wealthy and affluent people‚ unlike herself. In an effort to make herself also look wealthy and disguise her true character‚ Mathilde borrows an expensive necklace from a friend. When she loses it‚ her and her husband
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learned by Mathilde Loisel and her husband. Mathilde is a selfish self-pitying woman who thinks she is too good for her station in life. Mathilde has been blessed with great beauty‚ a husband who loves
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The Necklace In the story “The Necklace” the author’s theme is to show us that greed and envy can lead to destruction. In this story Mathilde is a very envious woman whom always dreamed (20) of a life that she could not have. She was very charming and beautiful woman who thought that she must have been born into the wrong life‚ since she had no way of getting known and married by a rich man. Instead she married a simple middle class man and lived a middle class life. All the while she dreamed
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