Tilak Misner Vuong Period 5 10/8/14 The Harm of Greed In his short story “The Necklace,” Guy de Maupassant shows that a person’s selfishness and longing for materialistic wealth causes them to ignore and not appreciate the positive moments in their lives. Madame Loisel is a woman with beautiful looks, a kind husband, but a low economic status. She longs to lead a rich and luxurious lifestyle, so much to the point that things such as old and worn-out furniture, “which another woman of her class
different based on what they realized about themselves and what they had learned from others. One of the many battles Gillian and Millicent fight is the search for their own personal identity. In this battle they are both lost in what to do and who they are. Gillian was given an inheritance of $1000 by his wealthy uncle. Most people would be excited to be handed $1000 dollars but Gillian was just confused as of what to do with it. He asked a man whom he called Old Bryson “Now, what can a man possibly