The Necklace
Connor Breaux
Mrs.Malbrough
3rd hour
November 15, 2012
“The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Compare/Contrast Have you ever read a short story and learned a life lesson from it? Well in one story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel looses a diamond necklace and replaces it with a real one, but the one she lost wasn’t real. The other story the “Gift of the Magi”, Della and her husband both don’t make a lot of money, but want to get each other something for Christmas. Both have to get rid of something to be able to afford it. As you can see Madame Loisel and Della are alike and different in many ways.
Madame Loisel and Della are similar in many ways. Madame Loisel and Della both are the same because they both want something really bad and do whatever they have to do to get it. Madame Loisel in “The Necklace” wants jewelry to wear and borrows jewelry from a friend, but then looses it and has to buy a new one. Della in the “Gift of the Magi” wants to get her husband a thing for his watch. It says in the story “She only haves $1.87 to buy a present for Jim”, but she manages to cut and sell her hair for money to get it. The two ladies both go out of their way to do what they have to do to get what they want.
Madame Loisel and Della are different in many ways also. In “The Necklace” Madame Loisel doesn’t work for anything, her husband gives her money. The husband in the story says, “ Here is my 400 francs for my new hunting gun I was saving to go on a hunting trip with my friends, but you can use it for your dress.” In the “Gift of the Magi” Della says in the story “She only has $1.87 to buy a present for Jim.” Della works or sells things for what she gets and Madame Loisel just sits there and looks pretty while her husband works and makes all the money.
Madame Loisel and Della are different and similar in many ways. They are the same people in some ways too. They both give it all they got to get something they truly want. Madame Loisel has to get a
Mrs.Malbrough
3rd hour
November 15, 2012
“The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” Compare/Contrast Have you ever read a short story and learned a life lesson from it? Well in one story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel looses a diamond necklace and replaces it with a real one, but the one she lost wasn’t real. The other story the “Gift of the Magi”, Della and her husband both don’t make a lot of money, but want to get each other something for Christmas. Both have to get rid of something to be able to afford it. As you can see Madame Loisel and Della are alike and different in many ways.
Madame Loisel and Della are similar in many ways. Madame Loisel and Della both are the same because they both want something really bad and do whatever they have to do to get it. Madame Loisel in “The Necklace” wants jewelry to wear and borrows jewelry from a friend, but then looses it and has to buy a new one. Della in the “Gift of the Magi” wants to get her husband a thing for his watch. It says in the story “She only haves $1.87 to buy a present for Jim”, but she manages to cut and sell her hair for money to get it. The two ladies both go out of their way to do what they have to do to get what they want.
Madame Loisel and Della are different in many ways also. In “The Necklace” Madame Loisel doesn’t work for anything, her husband gives her money. The husband in the story says, “ Here is my 400 francs for my new hunting gun I was saving to go on a hunting trip with my friends, but you can use it for your dress.” In the “Gift of the Magi” Della says in the story “She only has $1.87 to buy a present for Jim.” Della works or sells things for what she gets and Madame Loisel just sits there and looks pretty while her husband works and makes all the money.
Madame Loisel and Della are different and similar in many ways. They are the same people in some ways too. They both give it all they got to get something they truly want. Madame Loisel has to get a