Lantin's Husband

The narrator for this story is your standard third person narrator. Being omnipresent throughout the story knowing the ordeal and thoughts of all characters in the story. The time frame and setting in France is told well by the narrator. The effect that the narrator has on the story is that we are able to get a better understanding of what the characters are feeling and what they are thinking. Also relationship of Lantin and his wife are shown very well.

M. Lantin is shown to be an very hardworking individual who was in love with is his wife. Even after six years of marriage with her he realized that he love her more than he did when he first met her (Mauspassant 67). Lantin changes several times during the course of the story. After his wife dies he shown to be somewhat of a disheveled man who barely knows how to handle his finances or to function in daily life. Without a cent in his pocket and having time before he would get his salary he acquiesces to sell what he believes to be costume jewelry of his late wife (Maupassant 69). Towards the end the he I look upon him more negatively because with the realization of his newfound wealth the death of his wife effects him little where he can go to the theather which he originally …show more content…
This further the plot of the story because it gives you an idea of the frame of mind of the characters of the story during that time period. Lantin’s wife loved the theater that when any of her friends would give her tickets she would drag her husband along (Maupassant 67). Given the time period that makes sense because going to the theater was a frequent of source of entertainment during that time frame. Because of the setting and knowing what Lantin salary was for the year when he is told that his late wife’s pearls are worth 12 and 15 thousand francs you can actually see the look on his face knowing that he is holding something that is almost 5 times what he