Some people say that if you want to see life in a book and feel the bittersweet and bittersweet, then you must not miss Maupassant's short story.
And what makes many people familiar with it should be "Necklace", there should be many people who have heard of this story, the protagonist for a moment of brilliance, buried her ten years of the best youth.
The story is about a small civil servant whose wife borrows a diamond necklace from a friend in order to show her beauty at the party. That night, Mathilde's beauty made her out of the limelight, and her vanity was satisfied like never before.
Unfortunately, the necklace was lost without warning that night, and Mathilde began a decade-long life of frugality and hard work. Ten years later, she learned from a friend that the diamond necklace was highly imitated, so Mathilde worked hard for ten years in vain, and finally she could only feel the story of bitterness and helplessness in her heart.
No one can appreciate Mathilde's hardships in this decade, the unfortunate life caused by vanity, the series of changes brought about by it, the physical and psychological anxiety, is very great. For ten years, her hands were no longer delicate and soft, but instead rough and dull, and her face slowly aged. Her meticulous calculations made her strong and her rough shrew, and her appearance changed so much that in the end, her former good friend----, Mrs. Forrestier, did not recognize her for a moment.
Even if ten years of hard life have made Mathilde's life unsatisfactory, we have to admit one fact:
God closes the door of luck, but opens a window that does not make you depressed.
A redemptive light that shines through this window is that her husband, ---- Roisel, a small clerk of a public institution, did not abandon her because of the family changes brought about by Mathilde's vanity, but chose to face Itilde bravely and live every difficult life together.
Vanity, at any time, is not something of value. But it has made countless people crazy to pursue.
In this impetuous society of modern times, how many women, He has been fortunate to meet a man like Roisel. To be honest, there really are very few.
Mathilde was often sullen from the beginning, because she was dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted to enter high society and be recognized by many people.
But life is like this, the ideal is always a gap with the reality, when she can't do anything, can't change, she will feel infinite bitterness.
When human desires are not satisfied, once the opportunity is encountered, there will be a situation of "infinite fire of stars". She is a woman who loves fantasies, who is happy in pain, but who is trying to live a double contradiction. She was not willing, but the opportunity came, and at the party that day, she achieved great attention.
Write at the end
Maupassant's "Necklace" reveals to us the image of small people living at the bottom, who cannot control their own destiny and do not know how to manage life.
On the one hand, enjoying the material life and constantly indulging in it, on the other hand, because of survival, can only continue to accept the baptism of fate and keep moving forward, which is the Faustian spirit.
Each of us has a Faustian spirit, so it has poked the tears of countless people. We should make our hearts rich in order to resist the expansion of desire.
If because of vanity, you are buried for ten years of youth, are you willing?
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