The Power Of Money In The Necklace By Guy De Maupassant

Life among the rich and famous seems glamorous until it backfires and has one hopeful to return to the simple life that was once granted. The Rolling Stones said it best in one of their hits “.You can 't always get what you want but if you try sometime you find you get what you need.” Occasionally, having what you need is not good enough for shallow people. They need material things to fulfill a void in their life. They fill the gap with expensive items that provide a false since of happiness. It is the precieved power of the objects that can bring joy to their lives. In the short story of “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, he tells a tale of women, known as Madame Loisel who is unhappy with her life as she feels that the life she lives is not good enough for her. She feels as if she was born into a life of scarcity and she wants an extravagant lifestyle. The luxuries she desires are not affordable by her or her husband. …show more content…
The necklace was a perceived as powerful object that was actually worthless in the end. The time and money spent would never bring back her youthfulness or help her to achieve her dreams of being a wealthy woman. Due to the amplified misery and greed that led to deceptions of self-centered individuals that focused on valuable items to justify their happiness, the consequences of vanity arise. The superficial object (the necklace) that was viewed as valuable brought extreme sadness to their life. Not being able to appreciate any facet of her life she is in fact responsible for her miserable fate. Money, fancy jewelry, nice cars and lavish ballroom gowns, mean nothing if you cannot enjoy them. These items do not create happiness; it is the individual that is in charge of being pleased with what they have, not objects. A life lesson is to focus on the things that you do have and learn to appreciate