In the short story, The Necklace, a character named Methilde Loisel and her husband are invited to a reception. She uses this occassion to buy a new dress but she borrows her friend's necklace. The necklace was not made of real diamonds, but she didn't know that. On her way back home, she lost it and her and her husband went looking for the diamond necklace. They went to the police station, posted a reward in the newspaper, and went to cab companies. Finally, they went to a few jewelry stores before they found a similar diamond necklace. They took loans from people to pay for it. Ten years later, after all the debts are payed off, she sees her friend again and finds out that the necklace wasn't real. This just goes to show " How strange and unpredictable life is! How little there is between happiness and misery!" Life is really chaotic and no one knows about their future for sure and things don't always go as planned. A lot of things are random and unexpected and dealing with it is
2007-09-27
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