People should be thankful for what they have because money has to be earned with hard work. Mme. Loisel did not realize how hard her husband worked and learned the hard way to be appreciative. In “The Necklace” written by Guy Maupassant Mme. Loisel borrows a diamond necklace and ends up paying for her lies she told, literally. This story is fictional, and many people can learn a good lesson from it. Mme. Louisel caused her own downfall because she was greedy, envious, and selfish. Mme. Loisel never cared about anyone's feelings except her own. She only cared how others felt about her. In the story she said “there is nothing more humiliating than to look poor among alot of rich women”. When Mme. Loisel said this it shows how she only
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Loisel did not feel guilty at all when she spent her husband's saved up money that he worked hard for, just to buy a dress. She had to think about how much money she could ask for before she asked because she is very greedy and will take as much as she can get. “She danced madly, wildly, drunk with pleasure, giving no thought to anything in the triumph of her beauty”. Mme. Loisel took all she could get since she knew how beautiful she was, and was happy to dance with many men. Mme. Loisel was jealous of her friend because she was rich. She spent most of her time day-dreaming about being wealthy and having everything she wanted. Seeing all of her friends expensive jewels “her pulse beat fast with longing” and Mme. Loisel was very envious of all the jewelry her friend had. She liked the way she felt with the necklace on and she wanted to live a rich lifestyle so badly so she could own all of the nice things that her friend had to lend her. Because Mme. Loisel is so greedy and selfish, she had to have a jewel for the party. When she lost that jewel, she decided to lie to her friend and ended up working harder than she ever did to pay back money she spent buying her friend the new diamond necklace. Finally Mme. Loisel realized how much she should have appreciated what she had when she looked so old her friend did not recognize her, and told her the diamonds were not even
Loisel did not feel guilty at all when she spent her husband's saved up money that he worked hard for, just to buy a dress. She had to think about how much money she could ask for before she asked because she is very greedy and will take as much as she can get. “She danced madly, wildly, drunk with pleasure, giving no thought to anything in the triumph of her beauty”. Mme. Loisel took all she could get since she knew how beautiful she was, and was happy to dance with many men. Mme. Loisel was jealous of her friend because she was rich. She spent most of her time day-dreaming about being wealthy and having everything she wanted. Seeing all of her friends expensive jewels “her pulse beat fast with longing” and Mme. Loisel was very envious of all the jewelry her friend had. She liked the way she felt with the necklace on and she wanted to live a rich lifestyle so badly so she could own all of the nice things that her friend had to lend her. Because Mme. Loisel is so greedy and selfish, she had to have a jewel for the party. When she lost that jewel, she decided to lie to her friend and ended up working harder than she ever did to pay back money she spent buying her friend the new diamond necklace. Finally Mme. Loisel realized how much she should have appreciated what she had when she looked so old her friend did not recognize her, and told her the diamonds were not even