“The Series”All over the world, values ​​are expressed differently. Some people think that life is about the little things that make them happy. Others think the opposite and think that expenses are the way of life. In Guy de Maupassant's short story, “The Necklace,” he develops a character, Madame Loisel, who illustrates his different style of evaluations. Madame Loisel, a beautiful woman, lives in a wonderful house with all the supplies necessary for living. However, she is very dissatisfied with her life. He feels he deserves a much more expensive and materialistic life than the one he has. After regretting not being the richest of her friends, she goes out and borrows a beautiful necklace from an ally. But because she lost the closest thing to the life she dreams of and didn't tell her friend about the incident, she could have given up ten years of work. Through many literary devices, de Maupassant sends a message to value less substantial items so that life can be spent wisely. "The Necklace" ends up being a very ironic story as it explains why valuing the most important things in life can be very effective towards a person's happiness. An example of the irony of the story is when she is at the party dressed as a beautiful and elegant woman. 'She danced like a madwoman, wildly, drunk with pleasure, thinking of nothing in the triumph of her beauty, in the pride of her success…' (p. 193). This is a form of dramatic irony because Guy first explains that Mme. Loisel is just a middle class woman who dreams of a rich life, but is only deluding herself as a luxurious woman. Another example of irony in the story is when Madame discovered that the necklace was glued. On page 196, Mrs. Forestier, But...... middle of paper ......that and expenses. The message of valuing the most important things in order to have a life spent wisely is demonstrated very well through literary devices in “The Necklace”, by Guy de Maupassant. Madame experiences an ironic moment in life as she learns what is worth valuing. She is a very greedy woman who only cares about herself. The reader would never think of her as the person who works, but that thought changes when she loses what she considers a valuable object. If Madame learned to live life in a way that doesn't upset her and to value the things that have value for life instead of expenses, she would be better off. But this is how Madame sees her life, while others notice the meaning of their life. Values ​​are different towards people all over the world and Guy de Maupassant defines this in his story “The Necklace”.