Writing about theme

Writing about Theme in “The Necklace”
Directions:
Your assignment is to write a response to literature identifying and explaining how the theme is made clear by the action of the story "The Necklace."
You must have a topic sentence that includes the name of the author, the title, the genre and the main idea of your paragraph. You must state the theme of the story. The theme must be stated in one sentence.
You must summarize the action of the story, focusing on those events that are important to the theme. You must use words and phrases from the text of the story in your summary. You must put quotation marks around those words.
You must have a final concluding remark.

Refer to your lesson - Theme “The Necklace” as you write.
If you are not sure what to do, please review the Writing About Theme presentation.
Topic sentence – In "the Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, the main character, Mathilde Loisel pities herself because she does not have everything in life she desires.

Theme Statement – The theme of the story is that Mmm. Loisel’s selfishness causes M. Loisel to loose out on a new gun and hunting trips with his friends to buy her a new dress. Their dishonesty causes them to loose thousands of dollars to pay off a necklace that they find later is fake.

Summary of the Story – Mmm. Loisel is invited to a ball. She is unhappy with her social standing therefore she feels she can not go to the ball in measure up to the social standings of the other guest. M. Loisel gives her the 400 francs so that she can go out and buy a new dress for the ball. She then borrows a necklace from her friend which she then looses at the ball. After searching desperately for the necklace, instead of telling the friend that they had lost it, they decide to replace it. When they find one that looks similar it cost thousands of francs so they borrow the money. It takes ten years to pay back the money. By this time Mmm. Loisel has lost her beauty which she coveted so much. She runs into her friend only to find out that the necklace was fake and only cost 500 francs at most.

Final Concluding Remark – The main idea is that selfishness and dishonesty get you no where in life. Mmm. Loisel’s selfishness and dishonesty cost her years of hard work and labor. When if she would have been honest with her friend she wouldn’t have had to gone through all that trouble. Also if she would have been happy with what she had she wouldn’t have ended up broke.