“It annoys me not to have a jewel, not a single stone, to put on.”

      Throughout the beginning of the short story The Necklace the protagonist Mathilde Loisel appears to be a character with low self-esteem and pride within her. I let the sentence “It annoys me not to have a jewel, not a single stone, to put on”, to represent the bitter self-centeredness that she had within her throughout the story. In the sentence that I quoted it shows the lack of appreciation that she has to just be invited to an event of such. It illustrates the lack of confidence that she has within. Mathilde Loisel doesn’t come from a worried background, she has a loving husband and stable living conditions however she’s unsatisfied with the life she lives. To Mathilde it seems like the only happiness comes from wealth. Though she doesn't have it she tries to imitate the wealthy lifestyle. That’s where The Necklace comes in to action. Mathilde is a prime example of everyone is different, she have to except the fact of that and become happy with who she is to make life easier with her. I enjoyed looking deeper in this story it reminded me of the story of Cinderella the step child that was treated unfair and as lower class that was invited to the prince ball and lived happy ever after. In this story Cinderella was supposed to be rich but as the step child after her father’s death she was treated like a servant. All she wanted out of life was to be treated like she was supposed to. However Cinderella never talked about her life to no one but her fairly godmother. Eventually the prince of the story found her on an earn for her step- mother and stopped her and invited her to the ball. She didn’t want to get in trouble so she questioned her going. Her fairly godmother dressed her as if she was a rich and wealthy young lady and it brought to the attention of the prince. But she had to be home before midnight or all the luxury would be gone. She managed and lived happily ever after. However in The Necklace the protagonist was never satisfied until she received the necklace which she thought was the secret to becoming wealthy and full of riches, though it was something she worked her whole life away for that wasn’t worth more than anything.

The Necklace starts off with the description of the protagonist describing her as a clerk that is pretty and charming with a spouse. She is not poor however she fills that she is not finically where she should be. She has a friend that is rich and very wealthy who she borrows a necklace from to where to the party that goes by the name of Madame. The protagonist ends up losing the necklace and works it all in replacement. I really pity the main character because she felt that being her wasn’t good enough and she let luxury defined the person she wanted to be. I feel that anybody that feels as Mathilde felt for herself should be ashamed. Jesus gives everyone the life that he thinks they should have however she felt that Jesus made a mistake on her destiny is insane. There people out here that would die for the life she has but it seems to me that Mathilde would rather die them live the life she has. You shouldn’t compare yourself to anyone but yourself and be happy to who you are and who you became.

Why is the question? Why should someone rather then I Madame Forestier keep my necklace. I appreciate things even if they aren’t what I make them to be. I should not pass my necklace on to someone who only wants it to make there self-feel like something they’re not. Yes I’m rich, wealthy and everything else however I do not let accessories defined me. That necklace was as cheap as the place I got it from but when I wore it I let my pride symbolize the cost, the expense of such accessory. I take care of the things I own. The things that mean what they mean to me. So I will keep my necklace because it is what I deserve.