I have recently read a story by Guy de Maupassant (August 5, 1850–July 6, 1893) who is no doubt the father of the short stories. He was a french writer who wrote short stories such as "Bel-Ami" and "The Necklace". He contributed in poetry, novels, and newspaper articles as well which were considered to be highly influential on much of modern literature. The flavor of his stories remains unforgettable. He wrote nearly 300 stories, along with 200 articles, 6 novels, and 3 travel books. He usually wrote about ordinary people and managed to paint their lives in various colors which were rich in adultery, prostitution, marriage, , murder, and war etc.
Anyhow, I am greatly influenced by "the Necklace". I am sure many of you have read the story, if not i surely recommend it to you all.
My Overview
The story of "The Necklace", revolves around Mathilde Loisel, she was a woman who felt cheated and never accepted her position in life. Seemingly she "fated" to her status in life. "Though she was gorgeous and charming girl who seemd to be mistakenly born in a family of clerks." She was very disappointed from life. She was selfish and angry and alwasy felt annoyed that she cannot buy luxuries of life, she wanted to purchase the jewels and dresses that she desires but couldn't that bought her to limits. The writer clearly elaborates the situation in his words,
"She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries."
This story reminds us the consequences of pride to oneself. The heroine of the tale is a serious character but the only flaw is her selfishness, her fatal mistakes and that she wanted to reach out and be something she wasn’t.
The fatal flaw made her a different story than other perfect fairytales. She was prideful and always wished to appear wealthy and rich to other women and for which she borrowed a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend and had a wonderful time at the ball: "She was prettier and gorgeous of them all, gracious, uniques and smiling with joy. So, the Pride cometh before the fall and we quickly see her as she descends into poverty.
After a huge time span of a decade we again see her totally changed and converted into a strong, hard and rough women with messy hair, skirts and red hands, she was loud and not at all cheerful. Even after going through so many hardships, in her heroic The ending becomes all the more terrific and tragic and poignant when we discover that all of the sacrifices and hardships were for nothing ad the Forestier takes says,
”Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at most five hundred francs!"
This story occupies a huge moral and tells us that haste is nothing but a waste. We should go and struggle for something that isn’t ours. We need to wait for the right time. She wanted a huge time span which will never return, the only thing that return will be regret. We should always be thankful for what God has given us. Otherwise for the sake of more and more we will loose what is ours actually.