The Necklace Response
I felt that the story was a very gloomy and depressing story that made me feel fortunate for my attitude and position towards/in life right now. I think that it would be awful to always feel as though you don’t have enough. Although Matilde is living a rather good life she is still greedy and ungrateful for what she has. I see where she was coming from when she wants a nice dress to wear to the ball because, she would be surrounded by some very wealthy and fortunate people who can afford a lot more than her and she wouldn’t want to stand out in a bad way. Where I feel that she pushed her limits is when her friend was open and generously letting her borrow some jewelry she demanded for more (a ‘diamond’ necklace). Also at the end of the story I think that it was selfish that she didn’t want to ‘ruin her reputation’ as the amazing girl at the party by telling the truth. After Matilde found out that the Necklace was fake she would have been disappointed in herself and regretting not telling her friend about losing the Necklace. It would be a very hard to realize that you have spent 10 years in poverty just to pay of a necklace that she didn’t need to.
I felt that the story was a very gloomy and depressing story that made me feel fortunate for my attitude and position towards/in life right now. I think that it would be awful to always feel as though you don’t have enough. Although Matilde is living a rather good life she is still greedy and ungrateful for what she has. I see where she was coming from when she wants a nice dress to wear to the ball because, she would be surrounded by some very wealthy and fortunate people who can afford a lot more than her and she wouldn’t want to stand out in a bad way. Where I feel that she pushed her limits is when her friend was open and generously letting her borrow some jewelry she demanded for more (a ‘diamond’ necklace). Also at the end of the story I think that it was selfish that she didn’t want to ‘ruin her reputation’ as the amazing girl at the party by telling the truth. After Matilde found out that the Necklace was fake she would have been disappointed in herself and regretting not telling her friend about losing the Necklace. It would be a very hard to realize that you have spent 10 years in poverty just to pay of a necklace that she didn’t need to.