Comment: the story "The Necklace" is about the futility of trying to keep up appearances.

This
short story byillustrates the futility of trying to keep up appearances by depicting Mathilde
Loisel's insistence on wearing expensive jewelry to the ball in order to impress the guestsand
wasting ten years of her life attempting to pay back the debt she acquired to replace Madame
Forestier's lost necklace. Despite living a...