However, if we study deeply both stories, we can find their similarities even though their contexts are different. Although “The Necklace” and “A good man Is Hard to Find” are different tragedies, both of them focus on their main characters that suffer from pride, are manipulative, and change during the story. When we read both stories the first time, we can see a lot of discrepancies. First, in “The Necklace” Mathilde is a young woman who wants to have money and be important while in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” the grandmother is an old lady who was already important. In addition, Mathilde suffered from pride because she wanted to be better than the others, but the grandmother suffered from pride because she knew that she was better and more important than the others. Another difference is that Mathilde’s tragedy started when she lost a necklace, but in the other story the grandmother confused two different places. In addition, Mathilde manipulated her husband who really loved her. In contrast, the grandmother tried to manipulate her son but he really did not take her opinion, so she tried to manipulate her grandchildren. Furthermore, Mathilde and her husband decided to tell a lie to Mathilde’s friend to have time to replace the lost necklace, yet the grandmother decided just to keep quiet when she notice that she confused two places and was directing her family to nowhere.
The Term Paper on Guy De Maupassant Story Necklace Stories
Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant is acknowledged through the world as one of the masters of the short story; Guy de Maupassant was also the author of a collection of poetry, a volume of plays, three travel journals, six novels, and many chronicles. He produced some three hundred short stories in the single decade from 1880 to 1890; a period during which he produced most of his other works. Five ...
Finally, Mathilde ended by learning her lesson, telling the truth to her friend, and working hard to pay back the necklace, so she ended up appreciating what she had. On the other hand, the grandmother ended up dead after loosing all her family. In spite of all the differences between these characters, we can see that both of them suffer from pride. Mathilde wanted to be more important than anybody like the grandmother in the other story. Mathilde wanted to look as important as she believed she was even if she did not have money. She was sure that she born to be rich. Mathilde only thought about her pain and never thought about what her husband wanted. Moreover, in the story “The Necklace” we cannot see that Mathilde when she was at the party thought if her husband was tired or was enjoying the party. She was just happy being there, and it was the only thing that she cared. We perceive the same with the grandmother in the other story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” because the grandmother was sure that she was important, and probably she came from an important family. We can see it when she told her grandchildren that the little Negro child did not have what they have. Also, the grandmother only cared about herself.
She did not care if the family wanted to go to Florida. She only thought about wanting to go to Tennessee and visiting her friends. Also, when the Misfit was about to kill the family, she only cared about her life. As a result of the pride, both characters became manipulative to get what they wanted. Mathilde always was sad because she did not have the money and the importance that she wanted, so her husband Mr. Loisel find invitations to an important party to see her happy; however, she did not react how he expecteded and wanted more. Mathilde made her husband buy a dress with the money he had saved for his vacations. Also, she made him work hard to pay back the debt for a necklace that she had borrowed from her friend and lost. The grandmother in the other story manipulated similarly her family. She knew that her son and his wife did not pay too much attention about what she said, but if she influenced the kids to do something, she could make her son change his mind. She made her grandchildren interested in the place that she wanted to go, so they convinced their parents to go to the house where the grandmother wanted to go. Also, she tried to manipulate the Misfit, telling him that he was a good man when he was not.
The Essay on The Misfit Story Grandmother Family
I feel that the Grandmother in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" suffer from psychological conditions. She does not care at all about anyone but herself. I feel that she may even be narcissistic. It is ironic because she would be expected to look out for her family. The Cambridge Dictionary defines narcissism as "too much interest in and admiration for your own physical appearance and / or ...
The circumstances in the story changed the personality in both characters. Mathilde and the grandmother started the stories being two proud persons. We could perceive their pride which made them manipulate the people around them to reach their goals. After the loss of the necklace by Mathilde and of her memory by the grandmother, both characters are humiliated due to their pride and have to do something that they did not want. Mathilde had to work in order to pay back the necklace, and the grandmother had to talk to a fugitive and try to convince him not kill her. At the end of both stories, Mathilde and the grandmother had to loss their pride and see that they are equal to the other persons. Mathilde admitted to her friend that she lost the necklace after passing for a lot of work and see herself as a normal person. The grandmother, after lost her family, admitted that she was a regular person who could commit mistakes like the Misfit. Therefore, she told him that he could be one of her own children. As shown, “The Necklace” and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” are two completely different stories, but they look alike in their main characters pride, manipulation, and changes in the stories. In both stories the main characters pride made them end in a tragedy. It is the pride of them which causes the flow of the stories. It is really amazing how two different stories with different authors written in different time can be so alike!
