Wealth Can Be Power
The definition of wealth is, “A great quantity of money and people full of valuable possessions.” Wealth is power, with power you can get what you want. Wealthy people want jewels, dresses, and beauty because with these they can act and look rich. Madame Loisel thinks she needs all of these features because she wants to be rich and powerful. The author Guy De Maupassant of The Necklace, uses tone to show Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs, emotions and feelings, and actions to affect the reader’s view on the character.
One way the author uses tone is through Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs. One example is when she exclaims, “‘It’s just that I have no evening dress so I can’t go to the party’” (Maupassant 610). Madame …show more content…
Showing Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs, the author used a sassy tone to make the reader feel she is a snobbish person. Through Madame Loisel’s emotions and feelings the reader learns she has high standards and the author’s tone is used to show she feels she needs everything. Madame Loisel’s actions make the reader believe she is not very smart because her actions made her even more poor than before. The author gave a very negative tone about Madame Loisel throughout the story to show her thoughts and beliefs, emotions and feelings, and actions. The tone affected the view on Madame Loisel because the reader believes she only cares about being rich. Some people, like Madame Loisel, might think wealth makes you more powerful, but it doesn’t. Being wealthy doesn’t mean you are better than everyone else, it means you have more money and more valuable possessions. People can think wealth is power but wealth only helps your confidence level. From the story The Necklace, the author Guy De Maupassant, Madame Loisel, and the reader learned there are more important aspects in life than being
The definition of wealth is, “A great quantity of money and people full of valuable possessions.” Wealth is power, with power you can get what you want. Wealthy people want jewels, dresses, and beauty because with these they can act and look rich. Madame Loisel thinks she needs all of these features because she wants to be rich and powerful. The author Guy De Maupassant of The Necklace, uses tone to show Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs, emotions and feelings, and actions to affect the reader’s view on the character.
One way the author uses tone is through Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs. One example is when she exclaims, “‘It’s just that I have no evening dress so I can’t go to the party’” (Maupassant 610). Madame …show more content…
Showing Madame Loisel’s thoughts and beliefs, the author used a sassy tone to make the reader feel she is a snobbish person. Through Madame Loisel’s emotions and feelings the reader learns she has high standards and the author’s tone is used to show she feels she needs everything. Madame Loisel’s actions make the reader believe she is not very smart because her actions made her even more poor than before. The author gave a very negative tone about Madame Loisel throughout the story to show her thoughts and beliefs, emotions and feelings, and actions. The tone affected the view on Madame Loisel because the reader believes she only cares about being rich. Some people, like Madame Loisel, might think wealth makes you more powerful, but it doesn’t. Being wealthy doesn’t mean you are better than everyone else, it means you have more money and more valuable possessions. People can think wealth is power but wealth only helps your confidence level. From the story The Necklace, the author Guy De Maupassant, Madame Loisel, and the reader learned there are more important aspects in life than being