Final Timed-Writing

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Cecilia Xie
June 21, 2007
Timed-Writing Three

From The Necklace, what might have been the quality of Mme. Loisel’s life if she had not lost the necklace? Is her life better or worse now?

In The Necklace, Mme. Loisel who was a beautiful and graceful woman dreamed of luxurious life and upper-class dignity. She attended a palace ball and won one night of glory. She lost the necklace she borrowed from her classmate. She had to pay for it at the price of ten years of hard-working.

It seemed that all the misery Mathilde has suffered should be attributed to the necklace, the shining diamond jewelry. What if she had not lost the necklace? What would happen and how the destiny can be different?

Let us paint a vivid picture of the new life of Mathilde. At the night of the ball, Mme. Loisel enjoys herself in the dancing pool, whirling, whirling and whirling. When the dawn draws near, Mathilde had to return to the reality: she is a Cinderella again. She and her husband call a carriage whose price is affordable and the flying carriage sends Mathilde back to the tiny and tough apartment.

She takes off the delicate dress whose price equals one of gun. In the mirror, she is trying to remain the taste of the wine and the light of the crystal light. Of course, the praise and admire from the gentlemen on the ball was unforgettable. She was plunged into her dreaming and her memory while her husband was sweet sleeping as nothing had happened.

Mathilde could not forget the glory of the night. Once she was alone, she would put on the delicate dress and put on the shining diamond necklace. I have to mention that she like it so much that she have not sent it back yet. The feeling of the luxurious life appealed to her even more. She is more content with the present life. On the seventh day, she returned the necklace to her friend reluctantly.

However, her weaving the dreams of the upper-class life did not stop. Although she was spared from the housework by hiring a servant, she still demands her husband to add one to take care of her. Although their incomings are enough for the living expenses, she paid a lot to buying perfume and costume of the famous brand in high price. Her husband spoiled her and she was living a “high-quality” life in poverty. And she was still complaining the unfair life and while dreaming of the luxury and glory in despair and hope.

If Mme. Loisel had not lost the necklace, her life will not change into a tragedy. She did not have to pay for the loss of the necklace. She does not have to work day and night at least But is it true that if Mme. Loisel had not lost the necklace, her life would not be a tragedy? The answer is absolutely no. learning her vanity leads to her tragedy will awaken her. Ten years of hard work will train her into a real women who can take care of the family. And the true love of her husband appears clearer to her. She had taken up her responsibilities. In my point of view, her life is better. She has grown up at the price of golden times. But she has grown up.

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