The Necklace

I know that you lost it. You know that you are guilty; you just can’t stop the lies from slipping out can you? In "The Necklace", Mr. and Mrs. Loisel have lost something and they will stop at nothing to find it. You may think that they are crazy but, you are wrong. They are just your everyday, ordinary couple and they are real true friends who will go to the end and back to find one simple necklace that is causing a whole lot of problems.

First, when we lose something we feel numb and useless. We are like cooked spaghetti, limp and shaky. That is how the Loisel’s feel.
The Necklace, a friends treasure, pride and glory, is also a problem for many. The Necklace in all its shiny silver. The rare jewels that are in it. It must be worth a fortune right? When Mrs. Loisel’s friend, Madame Forestier, loaned a necklace to her, her world tipped right over. She could never afford anything of such beauty in her life, yet here it was laying around her neck right now. Heading home now Mrs. Loisel, does not realize that the priceless pearls have slipped off her neck. What a shame for such a loss. And what a shame for such a loss of money and time this poor couple will lose because of it. They search day and night. Until it comes to their attention that they will have to replace it. It takes them ten years to pay it off, but they do it and they feel content. The return the necklace to Madame Forestier and continue their lives. Sometimes our lives are like this; we will have something that we love just slip away, and totally forget it ever was there to begin with.

Secondly, the symbol of the story are only the necklace. The Necklace provided light but, now it means darkness. When you have something your life is bright and good, but when you lose it your life seems terrible and dark, lifeless and panicky. When you try to replace it; life gets a tad better but you are worried about being caught for what you did. If you just apologize the sun will come out again and it will feel like a new day! The Necklace gave Mrs. Loisel hope that her life would be good and she would become rich or something like that. The sun never came out in her world though. It let her come crashing down to feel alone and dark.

Finally, this story taught me that when something good starts to happen it won’t always end good. There aren’t always happy endings in life. Sometimes things won’t always turn out the way you planned. It’s like a speed bump of life; the road is smooth for the most part but, then there is a speed bump that you have to get over. When you do you feel better, when you don’t you feel frustrated.