Guy de Maupassant

The Canterbury Tales is a book of stories told by a group of pilgrims as a storytelling contest. The story takes place at an inn where all the pilgrims meet. The pilgrims are met by a gentleman name Harry Bailey. Bailey thought it would be entertaining to challenge the pilgrims to a contest. Bailey suggested that the pilgrim travel together and during their travel each pilgrim tell four stories, two stories on the way to Canterbury and two stories on the way back from Canterbury. Whoever…

Some stories are made based the meaning of life for some. That is the main reasoning in The Gift of the Magi and The Necklace. The Necklace tells us that sometimes things one wants to have may not be the things that one needs or has to have and The Gift of the Magi tells us that some people will give up their most prized things for the one they love and cherish. Though they have some similar attributes. The main characters Della and Mme. Loisel both have 2 very different outlooks on life. Both…

In my heritage, when a girl reaches the age of fifteen there family throws a symbolic party for them, the celebration is called Quinceañera. It is viewed as a way in which a girl becomes a woman. The photo above was taken during my Quinceañera in August about a little over a year ago. This is viewed as a girl’s true becoming interconnected with the outside world. Before reaching of age, girls are viewed as a humble and fragile object that needs the care of the family to survive. During the…

The three characters in chose that I believe deserve presents from the king are Banqou, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. My first person is Banquo and I believe he deserves more than what he got. I suspect that he should have given him ibuprofen. For all the headaches the king has given him and maybe he would need it after hearing numerous roaring shots of war. Next is Macbeth I would consider giving him a free appointment to a psychiatrist. I think he should have given him that because at that point…

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The stories of “The Necklace” and “The Gift of The Magi” tell of two women who live a poor lifestyle and the challenges they face due to their financial statuses. The women, Madame Loisel and Della Dillingham Young, show similarities in the lifestyles they both live. However, their attitudes, personalities, the way they treat their husbands, and values differ in multiple ways. Madame Loisel and Della live similar lives, for they both live a rather poor lifestyle. Madame Loisel lived among,…

“The Gift of Magi” is a story about two lovable couple sacrificed their important items for the true love. “The Necklace” is a story about a beautiful lady that wants jewelries to show off herself but ends up at a hard-working woman. Della from “The Gift of Magi” and Madame Loisel from “The Necklace” live in the similar conditions but they have different attitude towards their money, physical appearance, and husbands. Madame Loisel is unsatisfied with her money, feels owed something because of…

Carrie’s loneliness in life comes out in the novel in the way she adores life in the city and her struggle to be in the level that is beyond her by being in relationships with wealthy married men. She never considers the things she already has but instead considers and admires things that she lacks. She is not satisfied with the stuffs that she gets from Drouet that are enough to make her life comfortable. Her desire to have a better life than what she already experiences makes her have no peace…

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.…

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book was written during the Jazz age, this was during the 1920s. In the story, Gatsby throws huge parties and a lot of people always show up. It is ironic at the end of the book because barely anyone shows up to Gatsbys funeral. Money cannot fully satisfy humans, Fitzgerald is able to show that with Gatsby. Daisy in the Buchanan Mansion is another great example because she lives a life of luxury and pretty much doing nothing all…