The Necklace is a twist ending story about a woman named Mine. Loisel and how she wants to feel rich for a party.  In the beginning, we find out how poor and unfortunate she is in life.  Her friends, however, are rich and invite her and her husband to a party.  Since she does not have much, she asks a friend to borrow a necklace that she owns.  The necklace is beautiful and breath-taking so she assumes it is expensive. Mine. Loisel has fallen in love with the necklace and feels rich and powerful while wearing it.  After losing the necklace, she refuses telling her friend, so she starts working to buy her the same necklace.  In the third paragraph of the story which starts with, "She suffered ceaselessly" and ending with "whose attention they all desire" (de Maupassant) we are told a great portion of what she wants and how she will act when she has the power.  This is significant because it gives a perspective on her real life and what she desires.  It also foreshadows how she will act when she reaches her rich fantasy.

This third paragraph in "The Necklace" focuses on her main goals in life.  It is a very important piece of the story because there are two parts to it.  The first part of the paragraph reveals Mine. Loisel's reality about how she's suffering with being poor and not having all these materialistic things.  This gives a depressed feeling due to her position because the reader gets a true feeling of what she is going through.  For example "She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the wretched look of the walls, from the worn-out chairs, from the ugliness of the curtains" (de Maupassant). Without this paragraph, you would not feel as bad for her because you would not know her full background as being poor.  

The second part goes into a daydream of Mine. Loisel's about having opulent and luxurious objects that the higher-class can obtain. The detailed words and descriptions provided make it easily pictured also and set the depressed mood.  A few examples are "the long salons fitted up with ancient silk" and "heavy warmth of the hot-air stove" (de Maupassant).  The word choices in it foreshadows her future choices in life. For example, the use of "she thought" (de Maupassant) over and over again gives the idea that she is plotting out what the woman would do with her wealth if she ever achieves her goal. They also describe very vividly what she wants in her life.  Words like "antechambers", "oriental tapestry", "coquettish", and "boudoirs" (de Maupassant) are all used to describe her lovely rich fantasy.  Mine. Loisel is so obsessed with becoming a rich upper-class woman that she starts to sound greedy.  An example of this would be how the thought of other rich women "tortured her and made her angry" (de Maupassant).  This foreshadows how she could possibly be greedy in the future and not share with her friends like they do with her. 

A very noticeable hyperbole was used at the beginning and end of this paragraph.  "She suffered ceaselessly" (de Maupassant) is an exaggeration of her struggle being poor.  This shows how Mine. Loisel wants people to feel bad for her so she can get more help from the rich friends.  Yes, it must be terrible living like that but everyone can change their ways if they just put in the work and effort. Nothing valuable is easily obtained, therefore Mine. Loisel obviously wants people to give her things instead of working for them.  Another hyperbole is "men famous and sought after, whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire" (de Maupassant).  This is an exaggeration because not all girls want the same guys like she describes.  This shows how she does not fully understand how being rich really is. Her expectations of the rich life are very high and most likely not realistic.  She is even married to a man who isn't famous or rich.  It does not make sense why she would want those guys when she is happily married to an average man.

This whole real life turning into the fantasy dream of hers is not impossible.  We know at the end of the story that her desires are achievable.  When Mine. Loisel lost the necklace, she spent a long time working for the money to buy her friend a new necklace.  If she would have put in the same effort earlier in life, she could have had all the luxuries she wanted. For example, after the necklace was lost, she "dismissed their servant; they changed their lodgings" (de Maupassant) and then she did house chores for other people.  The old Mine. Loisel would not have done this, instead she would have relied on other people for help.  This proves anyone can achieve their dreams if they put their minds to it. Anyone who reads this story should be inspired by this woman.  

 This story includes a valuable life lesson.  If you lose something of value to another person, instead of trying to avoid the problem and fix it yourself, you should own up to your mistake and let the person know.  She wastes much of her life trying to make up enough money to buy a new necklace, when in the end, it was not worth that much.  Instead of wasting her time on that necklace, she could have told her she messed up and then found out exactly what the necklace costs.  Sometimes you just have to take responsibilities for your actions and mistakes.  Also, the paragraph that stood out to me most was a very important part of the story.  It described her real life and her dream life all in one paragraph. 

