This article takes the necklace itself as a clue, and naturally leads the reader into the life and inner world of the heroine Mathilde by borrowing the clue of necklace, losing the necklace, and returning the necklace, so as to deeply appreciate the tragic reality that the little French people in the 19th century could not decide their own destiny. In addition to "Necklace", Maupassant has also created many famous masterpieces, such as "Lamb Fat Ball", "My Uncle Yu Le", "Beautiful Friends" and so on.

The Necklace mainly tells the story that Mathilde is a beautiful woman and her husband is an ordinary clerk. Although she was in a low position, she was obsessed with the luxurious noble life. In order to attend a grand party, she made a dress with 400 francs saved by her husband, and borrowed a beautiful necklace from her friends. At the minister's party, Mathilde stole the limelight with her extraordinary demeanor, and her vanity was fully satisfied, but she lost her borrowed necklace. In this case, she had to hide her friends and slowly compensate. Since then, the couple has lived a frugal life for 20 years. In this difficult accumulation process, Mathilde's hands became rough, and her face became old. Later, she accidentally learned that the necklace she lost was just a cheap synthetic diamond necklace, but what she compensated for was a real diamond necklace. So Mathilde worked for 20 years in vain.

In order to satisfy vanity, he has undertaken heavy consequences, and what he pursued and owned before has disappeared. In order to repay the debt, the beautiful hands and looks no longer exist, and the dead can no longer come back, even if you pay more money. In my opinion, it is not worthwhile to spend ten years just for a short period of vanity. Therefore, it also reminds many people with strong vanity not to bear the unpredictable consequences for the sake of temporary vanity. We should live a down-to-earth and diligent life, and not be blinded by our actions driven by vanity. Rugou Mathilde did not pursue expensive things too much, but was good at finding the things around him. Maybe he would not lose his necklace. Because of the vicious development of capitalism at that time, the barriers of the big bourgeoisie, the moral decay of society, the pursuit of pleasure and vanity, became a bad social atmosphere, which was also prevalent among small assets. They wanted to get out of the predicament and become popular. Mathilde is such a petty bourgeoisie, but there are few successful people. Why not live a comfortable and happy life through their own efforts, instead of spending all the money saved to buy expensive dresses and humbly asking others to borrow things? His reality is limited, and he only wants to look beautiful on the surface, but is embarrassed behind.

But in the heroine, she still saw the shining point. When encountering a blow, she bravely stepped forward and took responsibility. When she lost her necklace, she did not try to prevaricate with other methods, but quickly returned to reality and said she would repay this terrible debt. After ten years of life, she has returned to reality, not to fantasize about unrealistic things. It is the poor life that has changed her. Although he was unfortunate, her misfortune was that she could not get what she wanted and added troubles in vain. At the same time, she was also lucky because the cruel reality made her sober and down-to-earth. Therefore, we should be realistic and down-to-earth, and not blindly compare ourselves with others.