Guy de Maupassant

Many of us hear from a young age that beauty is generally a superficial aspect, one that is also seen through one’s personality, or even actions. “The Necklace” is a short story by Marjorie Laurie in which a young lady, Mathilde, loses a necklace she borrowed from a friend and her husband, Loisel, helps her retrieve it. The theme taken from this story is that true beauty goes past the skin. Marjorie Laurie uses literary elements, such as tone and mood, symbolism and irony, and characterization,…

In the story, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant’s is about a middle class woman named Mathilde Louise that has altered her deportment; because of an accident in relation to her dream of living a luxurious life. She is discontent due to her current middle-class lifestyle; she thinks her beauty should earn her a higher place in society. She dresses as elegantly as possible. She thinks that having a dress is not good enough; then she asks her old school friend if she can borrow a necklace, which…

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…

Short and Sweet The short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, was published in December of 1905. In only a few pages, William Sydney Porter, under his pen name O. Henry, composes a magical story of love and sacrifice. Both characters are willing to give up what they love most for the person they love. O. Henry shows his excellence as a writer in “The Gift of the Magi” with his plot, use of irony, and his theme of love. According to Emily Wenstrom from “The Write Practice”, there are a…

superior to her husband, making their relationship unhealthy, as proven by "She was an unhappy woman, like any woman who has married someone she thinks is inferior to herself" (de Maupassant). Meanwhile, her greed is proven by "Mathilde suffered endlessly, feeling she deserved to enjoy every delicacy and expensive luxury" (de Maupassant) and by her mind trip to a world where she's rich and lives a luxurious life in the fourth paragraph of the text "The Necklace". The second clear difference…

We have all been guilty of doing something bad and not realizing it because we are easily blinded by people and things. Almost anything can blind us: love, looks, and even wealth. Being ignorant and innocent while obviously doing something wrong is one of the many things in the story “Nairobi.” In “Nairobi,” the author Joyce Carol Oates, tells the story of Oliver and Ginny who fake being a couple and go to dinner with some of Oliver’s friends. The theme of cheating in this story is illustrated…

An Insatiable Appetite “A Sweet Devouring” by Eudora Welty is a descriptive essay. Welty describes how she indulged in reading numerous books as a child. She says, “The pleasure of reading itself – who doesn’t remember? – were like those of a Christmas cake, a sweet devouring” (Welty, 247). She compares reading books to eating pieces of cake on a special occasion. The title is significant because it represents Welty’s insatiable appetite for repetitive consumption of engaging adventures hidden…

In the story “The Necklace”, Mathilde Loisel should be admired for her response and her actions after she loses the necklace. At the beginning of the story, Mme. Loisel’s husband worked hard to receive an invitation to an exclusive party. First, Mme. Loisel didn’t want to attend the party because she didn’t have a dress or anything else nice to wear. Her husband then said “What a goose you are! Go find your friend, Mme. Forester, and ask her to lend you some jewelry. You know her well enough to…

The famous duo, Kim Kardashian West and her husband Kaney West are constntly argueing, but this time, Kim is about to light a match in their already broken relationship. Radar Online, March 3, 2016 reported Kim told Kanye that he is not designing her dress for the Met Gala. The theme for the Met Gala this year is Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. Vogue said it will “focus on the dichotomy between handmade haute couture and machine-made fashion,” because of the Metropolitan…

SCENARIO ONE Janice loaned Jolene a designer leather coat to wear to a Taylor Swift concert. The day after the concert, Janice goes to Jolene and requests the return of her coat. Jolene denies that the coat was loaned to her and claims Janice gave it to her as a gift. Janice is upset because the coat was very expensive and now she will have to buy a new one. She wants to sue Jolene for the price of a new, designer, leather coat. 1. Name the cause of action in tort that Janice could bring…