The Necklace

In the story, The Necklace, Mrs. Matilda Loisel is an unhappy woman who always desires better things. She borrows what she assumes is a very expensive necklace from her friend, Madam Foestier, for the party and then realizes she has lost it. Matilda and her husband spend a lot of money to find a perfect match to replace it with. Ten years later, her friend tells Matilda her original necklace was a fake.

I, like many others, sometimes have insecurities like Mrs. Loisel, not feeling like we are good enough and wondering what it would be like to have more. I feel like the theme of this story, is don’t always look to the things you want in the future, but appreciate what you have now. I don’t think I would ever borrow expensive jewelry, for fear of losing it. I thought the story was a good example of irony, with Mrs. Loisel wanting expensive things like the necklace, when she could have afforded it in the first place, because it was a fake.