Honesty can avoid years of misery, guilt and regret that Guy de Maupassant depicts throughout “The Necklace”. Guy de Maupassant, French writer born in 1850, was considered one of the greatest French short story writers. His writings were mainly influenced by his parents' divorce when he was thirteen and by great writers such as Shakespeare, Schopenhauer and Flauber. His parents' divorce led his stories to describe marriage unhappiness, deception, communication problems and a deep misunderstanding (Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893). In the short story "The Necklace", Madame Mathilde Loisel, an unhappy woman living in Paris, France, receives an invitation to a party at the Palais Ministerial, but she will not attend without a fancy dress to wear and some costume jewelry. Her husband suggests she borrow jewelry from her friend Madame Forestier, but this ends up being her downfall. She borrows the necklace and ends up losing it after the party. She ended up paying for it with 10 years of hard labor, only to find out later that it was a fake. In “The Necklace,” Maupassant proves the theme that things don’t always turn out the way you expect by using point of view, characterization, and irony. Guy de Maupassant uses the limited third person point of view, where the reader only knows the thoughts of Madame Mathilde Loisel. “For her, it was all over. For him, we thought he should be at the ministry at ten o’clock” (Maupassant 230). Madame Loisel is never satisfied with her lifestyle, being part of the middle class, unlike her husband who accepts the lifestyle and does not dwell on it. "She pretends, through role play, to be a member of the upper class, and her desires promote...... middle of paper...... Virginia. “The necklace.” Masterplots, fourth edition (2010): 1-3. Literary reference center. Internet. January 29, 2014. Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Wm. Laird. “The necklace.” Masterplots II: Short story series, revised edition (2004): 1-3. Literary reference center. Internet. January 29, 2014.Maupassant, Guy De. “The necklace.” 1884. Holt McDougal Literature, 9th Grade Common Core Edition. Common Core Edition ed. Orlando: Éditions Houghton Miffin Harcourt, 2012. 224-33. Print. Pierce, Jason. “A preview of “The Necklace”. » Gale Online Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Library Resource Center. Internet. January 29, 2014. ProQuest Biographies. “Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893. » ProQuest Learning: Literature. ProQuest, 2006. Web. February 6. 2014. .