The story is basically about a woman named Madame Mathilde Loisel and how she would always dream of being wealthy and being well known. She would always dream of having the most expensive jewelry and being able to dress in nice clothing. Once her and her husband got invited to two parties and she didn't want to go because she had nothing to wear. Her husband felt bad so he used money he was saving for himself to buy her dress, but even that wasn't enough because she wanted jewelry. They finally borrowed a beautiful necklace from a friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. At the party, the woman lost the necklace and they couldn't find it. For years and years, the husband and wife saved up money to pay back for the necklace. One night, she sees Madame Jeanne Forestier and feeling guilty, she goes and tells her the truth. Madame Jeanne Forestier is shocked and she tells the lady that the necklace was actually not real and it was really cheap.
My personal reaction to this story was that I thought this was really interesting for a short interesting. It is interesting to read about how the woman spent her time daydreaming about being rich but in the end, she didn't even know the difference between real and fake.
I think if I were to write notes for this short story, I would use an outline because that way, I would be able to write the main ideas and then all the ideas that support it.
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