He had suggested that she wear some flowers instead of expensive jewels, but she claimed that it was not enough for her. If she were to attend the party wearing cheap flowers, she would look even more poverty-stricken. The ladies at that party would all be rich and wealthy-looking and they would be expecting the same from her. Madame Loisel was not happy with just her expensive dress because
The story starts off right away describing Madame Loisel beauty and charm but unfortunately she was born into the wrong class. She isn’t happy with the life that she has. She dreams of a life with parties and elegant dresses and jewels. Madame Loisel is so envious of a rich, old school friend who lives a different life that she actually refuses to go and visit because she feels worse about her life when she returns home. Her friend doesn’t appear to be proud of boastful in the story and doesn’t seem to care that Madame Loisel is poorer than her.
Miss Schwartz is a people pleaser, and she must learn to treat herself with dignity. Multiple times in the story Miss Schwartz does not take responsibility for her actions. After taking the dress from the department store Lena is not sure about bringing the dress back. The narrator states, “she would have gone back with the dress, but did not know how to go about it.” Miss Schwartz knows that it is wrong to steal, but she does not truly want to return the dress. To take the blame off herself she makes up the excuse
She thought of herself as two different people, "the rancid-butter-smelling Edith of the day shift", and "the rose-scented Edith wriggling into a party dress", she wanted to forget about the rancid butter Edith, the only Edith she wished to be was the rose-scented Edith. She wanted a "perfect" job, appearance, home, family, but she didn't realize that nothing would ever be perfect unless she made it perfect, not by changing who she was, but by changing how she saw herself and other people. Manipulating the way she talked, dressed, and acted did nothing for her. Even after spending all her money on clothes, perfume, a wristwatch, and books on etiquette, Edith still didn't fit in, all she did was make herself stand out even more than she did in the first place. In order to forget who she was, Edith created an alter-ego of herself, and tried to become that alter-ego, she never really knew the difference between what was important, and what wasn't.
With this act, Mathilde clearly emphasized disappointment of having that kind of social status. She believes that objects have the power to change her life. Mathilde did show up to the party with an expensive dress and a borrowed diamond necklace. She was so happy then, but her moment of happiness swift away with just a snap of the fingers. She lost the diamond necklace and must spend the next ten years paying for the pleasure of that night.
Looks can be deceiving and I believe this statement plays a great role in this story. The main character, Mathilde, encounters a situation where she feels as though she belongs in a higher class based off her beautiful looks. She is neither wealthy nor comes from a family of wealth but feels as though she deserves as much because of her appearance. Unsatisfied with her lifestyle, Mathilde noticeably expresses her dilemma by complaining to her husband, Monsieur Loisel that she doesn’t want to attend the special event because she has nothing of higher class to wear. Mathilde then borrowed her rich friend Madame Forestier’s necklace, and at that moment, I could already foreshadow something bad to happen.
She did not know what to do, therefore she told Mme Frostier that there was a damage and the necklace is now being repaired at the jewelry store. Mme Loisel and her husband took all the money they had and have inherited from there parents to buy a new necklace for Mme Frostier. The money was not enough so they had to take some from there friends and people they knew to have 34000 francs; to buy a new necklace.Mme Loisel had to work as a made after her having one only to pay the loan on them. Ten years later they paid the loan over them, and met Mme Frostier at Champs Elizé. She decided to tell her what her necklace has done to her.
She also lies continually to make her life appear more glamorous. She fears getting too close to a man. Her reasons for visiting her sister Stella are very interesting. She comes bearing bad news. She brings news that their prestigious home that they grew up in has been lost.
To finish the ensemble, she borrows an expensive necklace from a friend, Mme. Forestier, loses it, and spends the next ten years working to pay for the replacement necklace. After the ten years are over, and she’s finished paying off her debt, she finds out the necklace was nothing but paste. The necklace being made of paste represents some fake or misleading relationships Mme. Loisel has in her life, such as, the relationship she has with herself, with her husband, and with her “friend”, Mme.
Myrtle wishes she was in the place of Daisy and wishes to escape to the ‘Egg’. She breaks down and cries when she finds out George borrowed the suit he wore to the wedding, which shows her wish to be married to a rich man. This is one of the reasons she has an affair with Tom Buchanan, the other being that she just wanted to have fun “ You can’t live for ever” is the way she puts it. Myrtle doesn’t treat George with any respect, when Tom is with them she is “walking through her husband as if he were a ghost”. She also states that she “made a mistake when she married him”.