Money does not equal happiness. As shown in “The Necklace”, “We Were Liars”,and in my personal life, it may be nice to have money, but it cannot buy you true happiness. In “The Necklace”, Madame Loisel longs for wealth, and when she finally gets to taste the wealthy life, it doesn’t last more than just one night. And yes, it did satisfy her, but only temporarily for a short while. In “We Were Liars”, the main character, Cadence, comes from an affluent family, and even though she has everything, including a private island and a big house, she is not happy. Money does not make her delighted. In fact, money breaks her family apart. While her family members constantly compete for money, cadence loses her true love, gets sick, and
