“Always keep your guard up. People aren’t always who they seem to be” (Anonymous)
We have choices in our lives. We make mistakes. And we experience the mismatch between the feeling reactions and reality in our life. We often get “bent out of shape” with others because we attribute a reason for their action or inaction that is not accurate. However, that attribution has to do with the potential events that may happen in the future of one’s life. Since deceit and perception arise as fragments of life, not all things we see is always true. Guy de Maupassant discussed this statement by using setting, narrator and symbolism through his story “The Jewelry”.
Firstly, the story took place in Paris. The timeline which the story took place is late 19th …show more content…
The setting for the that statement began with the shock and shame Mr. Lantin discovered, which is the deceit of his wife, altered to wrath(rage) to himself saying “The fool! —oh! what a fool” (658). Then, Mr. Lantin came into the possession of the money, he began to experience greed. With all that tainted money, thought of pride that comparing the emperor with himself dawned upon. He consumed wine for breakfast to the point of wasting the money he received and selfishly bring out the gluttony of himself. Of course, he visited the place called “Bois” (660) which he had envy of rich people gathering and also decided to stop working which showed the laziness and the loss of passion for his work. After all, he finally went to the theatre in search for the new love of his life which portrayed his lust. (660-61). The story has the event setting, even the end of the story, appealed to the readers. Second marriage he had was actually worse than, a regular married couple. As he decided to put end to wearing fake mask to the rest of his life, he had to live up with the awareness of disappointment. The opinion he had was that he will need to pay the price of truth as living miserably for the rest of his life. This viewpoint tells that not everything we expect always come …show more content…
From the narrator’s point of view, the characters are not judged and give a nice dose of perspective that allows readers to evaluate what 's going on with as little bias as possible. Since the narrator identified the characters at the beginning of the story it is likely that the narrator is reliable on the viewpoint. The narrator in the story actually predicts the change in the Mr. Lantin’s life is going to occur. The discovery of his wife secrets and lies injected as “A horrible suspicion swept across his mind” (659) to his personality and reality. Even though the tone of the narrator does not change, the situation of the story climaxed. Surprisingly, the narrator managed to retain a character who is keeping secrets until death. Depending on the situation, the narrator allows readers to read without having a quick decision and remind us not to hold assumption as truth such as “No one could find a nicer girl than that” (656). The impression of the narrator is neutral influence and this statement is also true for the reality as people can be influence by the environment, inspirations and people around them, but at the end they are the one who should decide what are they going to do in their
We have choices in our lives. We make mistakes. And we experience the mismatch between the feeling reactions and reality in our life. We often get “bent out of shape” with others because we attribute a reason for their action or inaction that is not accurate. However, that attribution has to do with the potential events that may happen in the future of one’s life. Since deceit and perception arise as fragments of life, not all things we see is always true. Guy de Maupassant discussed this statement by using setting, narrator and symbolism through his story “The Jewelry”.
Firstly, the story took place in Paris. The timeline which the story took place is late 19th …show more content…
The setting for the that statement began with the shock and shame Mr. Lantin discovered, which is the deceit of his wife, altered to wrath(rage) to himself saying “The fool! —oh! what a fool” (658). Then, Mr. Lantin came into the possession of the money, he began to experience greed. With all that tainted money, thought of pride that comparing the emperor with himself dawned upon. He consumed wine for breakfast to the point of wasting the money he received and selfishly bring out the gluttony of himself. Of course, he visited the place called “Bois” (660) which he had envy of rich people gathering and also decided to stop working which showed the laziness and the loss of passion for his work. After all, he finally went to the theatre in search for the new love of his life which portrayed his lust. (660-61). The story has the event setting, even the end of the story, appealed to the readers. Second marriage he had was actually worse than, a regular married couple. As he decided to put end to wearing fake mask to the rest of his life, he had to live up with the awareness of disappointment. The opinion he had was that he will need to pay the price of truth as living miserably for the rest of his life. This viewpoint tells that not everything we expect always come …show more content…
From the narrator’s point of view, the characters are not judged and give a nice dose of perspective that allows readers to evaluate what 's going on with as little bias as possible. Since the narrator identified the characters at the beginning of the story it is likely that the narrator is reliable on the viewpoint. The narrator in the story actually predicts the change in the Mr. Lantin’s life is going to occur. The discovery of his wife secrets and lies injected as “A horrible suspicion swept across his mind” (659) to his personality and reality. Even though the tone of the narrator does not change, the situation of the story climaxed. Surprisingly, the narrator managed to retain a character who is keeping secrets until death. Depending on the situation, the narrator allows readers to read without having a quick decision and remind us not to hold assumption as truth such as “No one could find a nicer girl than that” (656). The impression of the narrator is neutral influence and this statement is also true for the reality as people can be influence by the environment, inspirations and people around them, but at the end they are the one who should decide what are they going to do in their