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Guy De Maupassant's The Necklace
Famous author and founding father Ben Franklin once said, "Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones, and repay greater ones with ingratitude." Like Mr. Franklin said a favor returned without ingratitude is not worth the time. Ingratitude can run the the whole purpose of doing or achieving something. For example, in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Madame Loisel is portrayed as an ungrateful woman because of how greedy and inconsiderate she is.

To begin with, Madame Loisel was a very greedy woman. She feels unsatisfied with what she has and wants more. The narrator's thoughts "She would have so loved to charm, to be envied, to be admired, and song after" indicating he need to have more in her life (Maussapant 334).
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