https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv Type your initials in your title. Answer the following prompt in the description section. What do you think the theme of the "The Necklace" is? Support your example with at least two paraphrased examples from the text. en-us 2017-09-28 16:58:30 UTC 2026-02-23 03:13:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 221992 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186104 I believe the theme in the story, "The Necklace," to be happy with what you have. This is proven when Madam Loisel loses the necklace she borrowed, and ends up having to work for most of her life to repay it. Even though she said she felt she deserved every delicacy and luxury, it came back to bite her.]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186104 10000701 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186122 The theme of the short story "The Necklace" is to appreciate what you have. In the exposition, the readers were told about how Mathilde spent her entire life fantasizing about what could be instead of what was, always greedy for more. In addition, when she gets a chance, she is too ashamed of her perceived poorness, and in a rush to get out without others noticing, loses a necklace, which causes her to fall farther into poverty than she was before.]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186122 222012 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186151 The theme of the story, "The Necklace," is you shouldn't strive to be someone you're not as you will inevitably lose everything you had in the beginning. In the story, Loisel loses everything she ever had because she tried to fit in with the upperclassmen. If she hadn't insisted on wearing some sort of jewelry, she wouldn't have lost the necklace and have to pay off a loan for ten years.]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186151 1003837 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186164 The theme of "The Necklace" is appreciate what you have and not dwell on what you don't have. In the story Madame Loisel suffered because she thought she needed every delicacy to be pretty and didn't appreciate what she already had. Also from the story Madame Loisel spent ten years paying off everything. She spent 10 years of hard work for just one day of happiness. You should just be grateful for what you already have, there will always be people lower or higher than you.]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186164 2201681 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186174 The theme of the story is that if you let envy control your life, bad things can happen. In the story, Mathilde was envious of her friend's wealth and stature. She borrowed a necklace, but she lost it. Those years of paying off loans taught her that she could have been a lot worse off. Mathilde learned to appreciate what she had.]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186174 222036 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186180 The theme of the story is that you should be happy with what you have and not covet more. The author is communicating this idea by having a character that has an average life, but wants riches and the life of riches. When she gets too greedy in trying to seem the best, she loses the necklace that someone had lent to her, and she then goes into poverty buying a replacement necklace. She worked hard to pay for her greed.

]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186180 2222811 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186206 The theme or moral of the story "The Necklace" is to own up to your mistakes. Paragraph 93, says, it took Madame Loisel ten years to pay back the debt that she had from buying a new necklace to replace the one she borrowed and lost from Madame Forestier. If Madame Loisel would have owned up to losing the necklace she would not have had to work for ten years to pay back the debt and she wouldn't look so old like it says in paragraph 94. In conclusion, the theme is to own up to your mistakes because, it will benefit you in the long run, ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186206 1005078 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186286 ^{The message that the author tried to get out to us, is that the protagonist is extremely greedy. In paragraph 3, she imagined delicate food served in marvelous dishes, when some people probably could barely afford basic food, like bread.The protagonist has to pay off her debt, after whining about not being rich enough to fit in, she learned what life is like in a lower class. In paragraph 88, it states, "The Servant was dismissed, They Changed their flat; they took a garret under their roof. This shows that after no appreciating what she had, she wanted more, and suffered, by being "put in a lower class," because of her greedy attempts to be in a higher class.}]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186286 1002600 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186291 The theme of "The Necklace" is that you shouldn't waste time trying to be something you are not. You should be grateful for who you are and what you have, otherwise you will always long to be someone else and never be happy. The story shows that Madame Loisel's longing for fancy possessions overtook her thoughts. Additionally, she was constantly worrying about what people thought of her and tried to make herself loved. She would have been so much happier if she appreciated what she had. ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186291 1001549 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186329 _{In the story "The Necklace"  the theme is to own up to your mistakes. This is because if she would've owned up to her mistakes she wouldn't have had to work for ten years, and she wouldn't look older than she is. According to paragraph 93 and 111 it took the Loisels ten years to pay off an imitation necklace, if she would've owned up to losing it she wouldn't have had to pay for a real one. She also wouldn't have to look like what she never wanted to look like (a ragged old worker). In paragraph 94 Madame Forestier told Mathilde (Madame Loisel) that she was unrecognizable and that she looks older than she looks. In, conclusion the theme is to own up to your mistakes because in the long run it can turn out to benefit you.}]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186329 2203222 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186330 ^{The theme of the short story, "The Necklace" is to not try to be someone other than you really are. If you try hard to fill your life with fake success and happiness in things you aren't, you will never be truly happy. The text states that Madame Loisel felt that," She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury." (2) Showing that she longed for things she didn't have, and what she thought she deserved. Later in the story, she forgot about her real life, and for one night, paid the price of ten years farther from beauty than before. After the ten years, it states the Madame looked much different than the night of the party. "Her hair was badly done, her skirts awry, her hands were red. I believe that if she had just appreciated life, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. If only she just hadn't pretended to be someone else.} ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186330 2206731 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186367 The theme of the story "The Necklace" is to not be overcome by envy. When you try to become someone else than you already are, as explained in the story, you are always going to feel like something is missing. Madame Loisel "suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every luxury and delicacy". She thought that she deserved more, but that led her down a path of envy.  After the necklace was lost, she became frantic and distressed because of the choice she made and the consequence to follow. ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186367 221402 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186370 _{I believe that the theme of this story is to not have a materialistic mindset. Madame Loisel always thinks of how things would be if she was rich, and whilst thinking of those things, she forgets about the better things in life that last longer and are much more important, like her husband. In paragraph 1 it the test states: "She let herself be married off to a little clerk..." and throughout the story it is obvious that she wishes she was married to a rich person, and that she neglects her husband when she makes him spend the money he was saving up on another dress, and frequently ignores his wants in order to pursue her own.}]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186370 220676 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186380 The theme is Honesty
In the text on paragraph 111 it says the necklace was a imitation. If she told the truth she never would have to work for ten years. In paragraph 13 it also says she wants to look like someone she isn't. She should be honest to people about her social standing. ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186380 2219312 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186425 The theme of the story is honesty. If she hadn't had lied to her friend she could have saved thousands of Frances. According to the text she lies to her friend and it costs her 10 hears, her beauty, and 30 thousand Frances. " You must write your friend, he said and tell her you've broken the clasp of her necklace and are getting it mended. This will give us time to look about us." And this is the point where she learns about where she could have saved the time and money: " Oh poor mathilde! But mine was an imitation worth at the very most 500 Frances!" ]]> 2017-09-28 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186425 221921 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186570 The theme of the story The Necklace is to be happy with what you have/don't covet. For example, Madame Loisel "suffered endlessly" because she didn't have what she wanted (1-3). She also felt she deserved more (2), she even forced her husband to give her money to buy a new dress, which costed about 400 francs (13-24). She had to work for ten years to pay off her selfishness, as she lost the necklace she borrowed (82). She even went out and bought another one to replace the old necklace, only to find the one she replaced was an imitation.]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186570 2220201 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186640 The theme of The Necklace is that envy can have bad consequences if we let it control our lives and we need to appreciate what we have. Mathilde wanted more jewels and fancy items, but she was poor, or of a lower class. Her husband paid for a new dress and she borrowed a necklace. When the necklace was lost, she spent ten years working, and she had to sell the nice things that she had.]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186640 220694 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186795 ^{The theme of the story The Necklace is that you shouldn't waste time trying to be someone else. You should be comfortable with who you are and what you have, otherwise you will always long to be someone else and never be happy. In paragraph 4 the text states, "She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them. She had longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after." My second example from the text was paragraph 47 when the text says, "She danced madly, ecstatically, drunk with pleasure, with no thought for anything, in the triumph of her beauty, in the pride of her success, in a cloud of happiness made up of this universal homage, and admiration, of the desires she had arouse, of the completeness of a victory so dear to her feminine heart."}]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186795 2212491 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186869 The Theme of the story "Necklace" is it's important to be grateful for what you have, and don't dwell on what you don't. For example, Madame Loisel "Suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury (2)."  Towards the end though, she seems to be more grateful for she has after 10 years of working to pay off debt and poverty. In the text it states "Well, it's all paid for at last, and I'm glad (108)." This statement represents that she is finally happy that she is able to go back to her old life, because she finally realized she had lived a privileged life ]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186869 222022 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186882 The theme of the necklace is honesty because in the story it talks about how she lied so she could have more time to replace the necklace but in the end she ended up ruining ten years of her life.]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186882 2206071 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186899 The theme of the story is that materialism can distract you causing a build up of greed. The author shows us throughout the character Madame Forestier. She is a woman that believes she is worth more then her husband. When she gets invited to a party she turns down the offer because she doesn't have anything valuable. She always want more and when she loses the necklace, she has to use all of her money on another necklace only to find out the one before it was a fake.]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186899 10028351 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186984 The theme of the story the necklace is that being greedy can affect you badly. In paragraphs 1 & 2 it talks about how the main protagonist is imagining and dreaming for expensive things that she could not have. When the main protagonist has to pay off the debt when she lost the necklace, in paragraph 88 it says, "The servant was dismissed. They changed there flat, they took a garret under their roof." This shows how being greedy can affect your life badly and possibly screw up your life.]]> 2017-09-28 17:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192186984 2206721 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187071 The theme of the story is that you should be happy with what you have because, if you try and force yourself to be someone you're not, you'll loose what little you had in the first place. In the story, Madame Loisel tried to fit in with the higher ranking women by spending 4000 francs on a dress she could have you used for useful things. Because of this, she had to go into 10 years of debt to pay off a lost diamond necklace.]]> 2017-09-28 17:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187071 221963 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187383 The theme of "The Necklace" is appreciate what you have and not dwell on what you don't. According to the second paragraph, she suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. According to paragraph 108, "...Well, it's paid for at last , and i'm glad indeed." At the end of her ten year journey to pay off the necklace she discovered that she was happy with what she had.  ]]> 2017-09-28 17:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187383 2219801 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187385 I think the theme of the short story "The Necklace" is to appreciate what you have while you have it. This is represented in the text when the first and second paragraph talks about Madame Louisel and how she had a nice house with nice things to sustain herself. However, she was not happy with it. Later on in the story, in paragraph 57, she lost an expensive necklace that she had borrowed, and had to spend ten years of her life, miserable, in debt. This showed her how good her life was before, and shows that you don't know how good things are until you lose them.]]> 2017-09-28 17:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192187385 10047281 https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192189789 Be honest about what you did don't hide or run away from your problems. In the necklace,  if she was honest they wouldn't have had to waste 40,000 francs on a  replica. You need to discuss what happened to the other persons belongings before you lose 10 years of your life.]]> 2017-09-28 17:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jwest14/yrbkic057ldv/wish/192189789