The Necklace is a famous short story by the famous French writer Mo Bosang. The story tells a series of events caused by the loss of his girlfriend Mathilde's diamond necklace.
There is a young, beautiful and charming girl with a strong vanity. She married a clerk by mistake. His name is Luo. Mathilde has been in a bad mood since she married him, because she thinks the room is not gorgeous enough and she has no jewelry. One day, her husband's boss invited them to dance. Mathilde thought she didn't have beautiful clothes, so her husband bought her clothes with 400 francs he was going to buy a shotgun. She felt that she had no jewelry to wear, so her husband suggested that she borrow a diamond necklace from her girlfriend Forrest. At the party, her beauty and clothes were outstanding. All the male guests looked at her with ecstasy, and the minister paid attention to her. She thought it was "a success" and was very satisfied. When she came home, when she undressed, she suddenly found that the diamond necklace was gone. The husband and wife were shocked. If not, they must pay compensation. In the jewelry store, they found an identical diamond necklace worth 36,000 francs. This is an astronomical figure for the couple. Although it was expensive, they bought it without hesitation. Because of her vanity, they owed huge debts.
10 years later, they finally paid off the debt caused by vanity, and Mathilde met his girlfriend Frist. In her speech, she knew that the necklace she had lent her before was fake, but she lost the real necklace ... My first feeling after reading the whole article was ridiculous and sad. Ironically, Mathilde borrowed a fake diamond necklace out of vanity and returned a real diamond necklace without knowing it. She is poor because she has devoted her youth, beauty and ten years' efforts to pay off her debts. This article tells us that people's vanity should not be too strong, and they should not care too much about glamorous appearance, otherwise they will never be satisfied with their own lives like Mathilde in the article, and will pay a painful price for pursuing things that do not belong to them.
Composition from reading Necklace II During the winter vacation, I read Selected Novels of Mo Bosang, and every story in this book is very good. For example: happiness, Simon's father, two friends, riding horses and so on. But my favorite story is the necklace.
The heroine of this story is Mathilde. She is very beautiful. She is naturally beautiful and charming, and likes to attend various parties. Her husband was lucky enough to receive an invitation to the party. He told his wife Mathilde the good news. However, Mathilde had a melancholy expression on her face after she was happy, because she didn't have a bright evening dress. So her husband gritted his teeth and bought her a beautiful evening dress, which can be worn at ordinary times. But she was still unhappy because she didn't have beautiful jewels, so she borrowed a necklace from a rich friend. Unexpectedly, when she came back from the party, the necklace was gone. So she had to borrow money to buy an identical necklace, and then make money to pay off her debts. Ten years, ten years, she made money to pay off debts, and time passed between her hard hands. Ten years later, she finally paid off her debt, but she accidentally got an amazing news from her good friend: the necklace she lent ten years ago was fake! It's only worth five hundred francs! This is really a great irony!
After reading this article, I think Mathilde pays great attention to appearance and is weak. If my necklace is lost, I will tell the owner of this necklace at the first time and then make compensation. I won't work hard all my life like Mathilde. In the end, she will only be surprised and sarcastic! I want to say to Mathilde, "Ten years ago, you were beautiful. Now, you work hard.": How noble you were ten years ago, and how rude you are now; Ten years ago, your hands were so slender. Now, your hands are so greasy. Ten years, you have changed because of the necklace at that party! Not worth it!
The Necklace mainly talks about the heroine Mathilde's punishment for vanity, but it also reflects the bad social atmosphere of luxury and vanity in the whole society in the period of stable development of French capitalist society. The relationship between people has become ruthless, and French society is like a patient with an abscess.
Mathilde, as the heroine, has a beautiful appearance and a graceful figure, but there are no beautiful clothes, no jewelry, in short, nothing. However, she likes these; She feels that she was born to enjoy these things. What she wants most is to please men, make women envy, be romantic and be popular everywhere.
Finally, the opportunity came. Her husband received an invitation from the director of education to the dance, which opened the door of hope for the couple, but there was no dance clothes and jewelry to get them into trouble. Finally, the borrowed necklace and the bought dance clothes made them happy for a while, and they were about to embark on the road to success. Unexpectedly, the loss of the necklace ruined her hope and youth.
Imagine, if it weren't for your money worship and vanity, would it be like this? Although only married to a small clerk in the Ministry of Education, the couple should not worry about their lives. They have maids to do housework for themselves, but a fake necklace breaks all the tranquility. Because she lost the necklace she borrowed from her friend, she had to bring an identical one. After quitting the maid, she and her husband have been working part-time, and long-term labor has made her lose her beauty and youth. She is not as beautiful as she used to be. All she learned from her friends was countless regrets.
Whether in France at that time or in China today, it is not worth sacrificing your life for a moment of vanity. Everyone longs for a better life. But this beautiful life needs us to create with our own hands, and blind fantasy will only stop us. Ignorant money worship and vanity will make people confused and lose their existing happiness.