In the story "The Necklace", there are more than one moral or teaching to this story. Those morals are that she needs to trust that she can tell her friend the truth about her losing the necklace she borrowed, another moral is she needs to be herself and try not to be something shes not and money can buy everything. She was too worried about the way people would think of her at that party, so she had to make herself seem like she had money by changing the way she looked and borrowing a necklace from her friend.
When she lost the beautiful diamond necklace, she didn't know what to tell her friend, but instead of just telling her friend the truth she ended up trying to buy a new necklace that cost a lot of money that she didn't have. Her and her husband worked their butts off trying to pay off the guy who sold them the necklace, but after ten years they finally paid it off. Mathilde finally went and returned the necklace to her friend. She told her that she lost the one she borrowed, but her friend just laughed because the necklace she borrowed was just a cheap necklace that was not worth anything.
Mathilde's whole life changed over that necklace because she didn't want to tell her friend that she lost it, but it would of been better if she would of told her the truth because she wouldn't have spent ten years paying off a necklace. Even her appearance changed because she worked so much. So in life everybody should just tell the truth about things. If you do that you can save yourself from a lot of stress and everything else.
She should of been herself and not care what those people at the party thought about her. It would of saved her a lot of money and kept her out of trouble. Another thing is that she shouldn't just want money and nice clothes and jewels. Money isn't everything and because Mathilde tried to be something she's not she wasted her life trying to pay off a necklace and she also looked older than she was.
I try to apply these morals to my life because I don't want to be something I'm not. I like being myself and having my own style, I don't want to be a follower. I would want people to like me for who I really am not someone they think I am. Also money isn't everything, yes it can buy you some nice things, but money can't buy happiness. I would rather be around my family whether we have a lot of money or not, they are the people that make you happy. I also try to tell the truth about everything, even though sometimes I don't want to because it's better to be honest with people then to tell them all kinds of lies.
When she lost the beautiful diamond necklace, she didn't know what to tell her friend, but instead of just telling her friend the truth she ended up trying to buy a new necklace that cost a lot of money that she didn't have. Her and her husband worked their butts off trying to pay off the guy who sold them the necklace, but after ten years they finally paid it off. Mathilde finally went and returned the necklace to her friend. She told her that she lost the one she borrowed, but her friend just laughed because the necklace she borrowed was just a cheap necklace that was not worth anything.
Mathilde's whole life changed over that necklace because she didn't want to tell her friend that she lost it, but it would of been better if she would of told her the truth because she wouldn't have spent ten years paying off a necklace. Even her appearance changed because she worked so much. So in life everybody should just tell the truth about things. If you do that you can save yourself from a lot of stress and everything else.
She should of been herself and not care what those people at the party thought about her. It would of saved her a lot of money and kept her out of trouble. Another thing is that she shouldn't just want money and nice clothes and jewels. Money isn't everything and because Mathilde tried to be something she's not she wasted her life trying to pay off a necklace and she also looked older than she was.
I try to apply these morals to my life because I don't want to be something I'm not. I like being myself and having my own style, I don't want to be a follower. I would want people to like me for who I really am not someone they think I am. Also money isn't everything, yes it can buy you some nice things, but money can't buy happiness. I would rather be around my family whether we have a lot of money or not, they are the people that make you happy. I also try to tell the truth about everything, even though sometimes I don't want to because it's better to be honest with people then to tell them all kinds of lies.
