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“The Necklace,” is a story written by Guy De Maupassant, this story is about a middle class women who loses a necklace. Mme. Loisel is a pretty, and charming, she married M. Loisel. M. Loisel is a prosperous, famous man, and a minor clerk at the Ministry of Education. M. and Mme. Loisel are invited to evening reception at the Ministerial Mansion. Mme. Loisel purchases a dress, and borrows jewelry from a friend, Mme. Forestier. The evening of the the reception Mme. Loisel loses the necklace that she borrowed from Mme. Forestier. M. Loisel searches for the necklace all night, with no luck of finding it. M. and Mme. Loisel purchase a new necklace, and replace it, and spend their life paying off the debt. M. Loisel throughout this story is very hardworking, and helpful, to help pay off their debt. …show more content…
Loisel is a hard working man in this story, he lived his life in debt for ten years over his wife's mistake. After losing the necklace and having to replace it M. Loisel worked everyday to pay off the debt, here is a quote explaining that, “Her husband labored evenings to balance a tradesmen’s accounts, and at night, often, he copied documents at five sous a page.”(206) As the quote shows, M. Loisel is very hardworking when it comes to his family, working day and night for his wife. Another quote stating M. Loisel hard working trait is, ‘I'll retrace our steps on foot,” he said, “to see if I can find it.”(205) M. Loisel is willing to spend his night looking for a necklace his wife lost. This is just another way of many that he is hardworking. So as you read the quotes, and everything else stated you can see that M. Loisel is a very hard working

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