The Diamond Necklace
“The diamond necklace”, one of the classical short stories, written by Maupassant who was a France writer from 1850 to 1893, in my opinion, is a good and educational works for people, especially for teenagers. Guy de Maupassant, famous for its short works, such as “Boule de suif”, “My uncle jules”, “Two friends” and so on, together with Anton Chekhov and William Sydney Porter, was recognized as the leader of the development of short stories.
The story mainly talks about a pretty and charming young lady, who, as if by a slip of fate, is born into a family of clerks, and gets married to a little clerk of the Ministry of public instruction. She behaves resentfully for all these things. One day, an unexpected chance, which she thinks can turn her into a beautiful swan from an ugly duckling, however, makes her poorer and more misfortune, for she lost her friend’s jewel she had borrowed to satisfy her vanity in the ball before. To protect her dignity, she and her husband have to assume the responsibility to pay it back, which begins a life of economizing on food and clothing. When all the debts is paid off, the heroine is no longer a attractive and charming lady, but a strong, hard and rough middle-aged woman, looking nothing different with a
impoverished housewife. But what’s dramatic is that her friend tells her what she borrow is paste, when one day, the heroine comes cross the same friend and elaborates what happens to them in some park. I can’t imagine what expressions her faces present when told what she struggles for ten years, working from dawn to night, should be a fake.
France philosopher Bergson put it well when he said, “it’s difficult to say that the vanity is a devilry, but all the devilries, arising from and around the vanity, are just approaches to satisfy your vanities.” Although the heroine is misfortune, for she adds more troubles to herself rather than get what she wants finally, meanwhile, she is also lucky that the cruel reality wakes her up. From the story, I realize that the false honor is froth which may broke anytime, and that we should not run after some imaginary things that doesn’t belong to us, on the contrary, we are supposed to walk step by step, through persistent efforts, to create our own honor.
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外国语学院英语专业2013-20xx年度第二学期读书报告
外国语学院英语专业2013-20xx年度第二学期读书报告
何点着青铜的高脚灯檠，如何派着两个身穿短裤子的高个儿侍应生听候指使，而热烘烘的空气暖炉使两个侍应生都在大型的圈椅上打盹。她梦想那些披着古代壁衣的大客厅，那些摆着无从估价的瓷瓶的精美家具；她梦想那些精致而且芬芳的小客厅，自己到了午后五点光景，就可以和亲切的男朋友在那儿闲谈，和那些被妇女界羡慕的并且渴望一顾的知名男子闲谈。 以现实的眼光来看，这种追求是可以理解，因为人生因追求而美丽，社会因追求而进步。然而我们不能允许这种追求膨胀，膨胀到我们的能力无法承受。在我看来，公玛蒂尔德的生活充满了幸福与甜蜜的，她的丈夫虽然只是一个小小的科员，但他很爱她的的妻子，我相信这是每个妻子的幸福。他为了能使自己的自己的妻子在舞会上不出丑，他将自己本要买枪的钱给妻子买裙袍；在舞会结束后，她怕自己的妻子会受冻，独自沿着寒冷的街道去给妻子找车；妻子弄丢项链后，他与妻子一起承担那份沉重的债务。可见他是爱他的妻子的，有了这样的幸福，你还抱怨生活吗?
我们行走在现实的世界里，或多或少会迷失掉自己的时刻，只要我们及时的找回自己，看到自己生活中的幸福，不再对生活有埋怨，那么我们的生活是将会被快乐填满。如果在追求自己的梦想时，抱着不劳而获、一蹴而就的想法，那么你的梦想会离你越来越远。早一点抛弃浮躁，早一点脚踏实地、务实求真、从小做起、从身边做起，那我们将获得早一点、多一点的幸福。学会在不同的境遇里用不同的态度去迎接生活，那么生活将以不同的姿态出现在你的生活里，给与你意想不到的礼物！