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Comparing Narrator In 'Two Kinds And The Necklace'
Society has many effects on the narrator in “Two Kinds” and Madame Loisel in “The Necklace”. Whether it is helping us achieve feats or our actions in public, we can be affected both negatively and positively.
In the short story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel is dirt poor. When her husband, a simple Clerk, comes home holding a white envelope which says “The Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Ramponneau beg M. and Mme. Loisel to do them the honor of attending an evening reception at the Ministerial Mansion.”
Madame Loisel tries her best to look as good as she can at the reception. She even borrows a necklace to look her best at the reception, this is because of how society expects us to look our best and dress up on occasion.
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