Final Timed-writing

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Angker Song
June 21, 2007
Timed-writing three

Directions: From The Necklace, what might have been the quality of Mme. Loisel’s life if she had not lost the necklace? Is her life better or worse now?

It is quite appealing to know what Mme. Loisel’s life would be if she had not lost her necklace.

Mme. Loisel certainly did not need to do the ten years’ hard work to pay for the antique necklace borrowed form her friend. It seemed that she led a leisure life from appearance. Without such a heavy burden, she might continue to indulge in the dance party deeply. She had a beautiful memory and she could live on it for a couple of days. In this period of time, all the things she thought about was about the party, how gorgeous she was at the party, the praise she got from men and envy she received from women and the luxurious necklace. Her life was used to recall the beautiful memory.

Then she might come to reality for it was different from her lovely memory. She might turn from great happiness to deeper despair. As a beautiful and gorgeous woman, she could not own the clothes that matched her appearance. She would complain more about her current life just because she had once experienced the life she dreamed of. It was quite nature that she would urge her husband to bring her to another dance party as soon as possible. She might use all her life complaining for she could not lead the life she wanted. This was certainly not a high quality life.

Everyone grows old. When Mme. Loisel grew old, she was no longer a beautiful woman. With wrinkle crawled onto her face, she was just an ordinary woman now. All she could do was to rely on her memory she had when she was young. Complaint was still on. She might suppose as a striking beauty, what if she was born in a rich family. And now, she was old and not beautiful anymore. Actually she had nothing then. Can we call this a high quality life? I suppose not.

It was apparent that Mme. Loisel did not need to do the ten years’ hard work if she had not lost her necklace. But she would use her whole life to complain, to recall the beautiful memory and to waste all her life doing nothing. The quality of her life was not high.

Her life might be worse if she had not lost her necklace.

After ten years’ hard work, she got a real necklace if her friend returned it to her. She could sell it and get the money as saving. What’s more, she would come to realize how much her husband loved her. This kind of love was way more precious than all the necklaces in the world. After ten years hard work, she must have turned into reality and get to know how to face the real world. She had some money and a good husband. Although she had lost her youth and beauty, she realized something that could stay forever, that was her husband’s love. With that sum of money, they did not need to work that hard and led a peaceful life ever after

Compared with the imagined life, this kind of peaceful life was much better. What’s more, she could know that luxurious life was not the only form of life that could bring happiness.

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