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This is the first 1,000 characters of 616 words (2.46 pages) in the essay titled The Necklace “The Selfishness of Mathilde Loisel”In this essay, I will show how the author, Guy De Maupassant, characterizes Mathilde Loisel as a selfish, greedy, and manipulative person who thought only of herself. I will also show how her selfishness affected other characters in the story. My first example of Mathilde Loisel’s selfishness is “She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them.” (p.133). These sentences show how materialistic Mathilde is and how selfish she is for caring only about gaining these things for herself. She didn’t show any care for her husband who despite their humble living, seemed to be a caring and loving husband who kept a positive attitude about things. She held her love for materialistic objects so high that it consumed her and occupied her mind. My second example of Mathilde’s selfishness is “Nothing. Only I haven’t a dress and so I can’t go to this party. Give your invitation to some friend whose wife will be turned out better than I shall” (p.134). Mathilde turns down an invitation that Loisel had gotten to an elegant party just because she feels that she does not have a fancy, expensive dress to wear. She totally ignores the fact that Loisel went through a lot of trouble to get that invitation and he did so to make her happy. She acted as if his efforts for a waste and that his thoughtfulness was of no use. She is selfishly thinking only of ... |
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Keywords: mathilde, selfishness, guy de maupassant, positive attitude, invitation, materialistic, thoughtfulness, loving husband, elegant party, selfless, she loved, reckoning, hesitation, manipulative, i dont know, acted, sentences, jewels, feelings