Friday, July 29, 2011

At the end of "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant, can anyone guess what will happen next?

In agreement with the previous post, I too wonder if her
rich friend would at least find the money to pay Mdme Loiselle back for all that she did
to replace the necklace. However, if the friend had chosen to have a necklace like that
she could have bought it.


So, if her friend was also sort
of pretending to be richer than what she was (after all, she seemed upset that Mdme. L
did not bring the necklace back right away) then we can assume that the friend may not
be in the position to replace such an expensive necklace
either.


If you are a positive person, you would think that
the two went and sold the necklace and split the money in half. If you are a bit
negative you may want think that Loiselle left it at that, as a bad choice, and will
create a bigger grudge against life while her friend is set home
free.

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