Ari Elkins
Mr. Brandin
Honors English, Period 5
August 27, 2014
Loss of Time
As human beings we are expected by those surrounding us to be perfect and yet this is impossible. We all have flaws whether this includes returning books from the library past the due date, taking one too many samples at the frozen yogurt shop or gossiping about peers behind their back. In “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde Loisel also lives a life full of flaws. The story depicts a woman named Mathilde, who is invited to an ornate party. The gathering, which she hopes is magnificent, turns into a tragedy when she loses a necklace that she borrowed. Mathilde then spends the next ten year of her life working to repay her debt. Throughout the short story, Mathilde is portrayed as materialistic and ungrateful for what she has. These traits are what ultimately lead to her demise. …show more content…
After she sits down to a unexceptional dinner of scotch broth with her husband, she imagines what life would be like if she could dine on sophisticated food each evening. The author writes, “She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved”. This citation conveys that the most important piece of her life was not her husband or the people surrounding her, but rather material possessions. The irony is that when she finally is lent a necklace, she loses it. This loss wastes ten years of her life, time that could have been avoided if she had focused on what really
Mr. Brandin
Honors English, Period 5
August 27, 2014
Loss of Time
As human beings we are expected by those surrounding us to be perfect and yet this is impossible. We all have flaws whether this includes returning books from the library past the due date, taking one too many samples at the frozen yogurt shop or gossiping about peers behind their back. In “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde Loisel also lives a life full of flaws. The story depicts a woman named Mathilde, who is invited to an ornate party. The gathering, which she hopes is magnificent, turns into a tragedy when she loses a necklace that she borrowed. Mathilde then spends the next ten year of her life working to repay her debt. Throughout the short story, Mathilde is portrayed as materialistic and ungrateful for what she has. These traits are what ultimately lead to her demise. …show more content…
After she sits down to a unexceptional dinner of scotch broth with her husband, she imagines what life would be like if she could dine on sophisticated food each evening. The author writes, “She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved”. This citation conveys that the most important piece of her life was not her husband or the people surrounding her, but rather material possessions. The irony is that when she finally is lent a necklace, she loses it. This loss wastes ten years of her life, time that could have been avoided if she had focused on what really