Laurinec 1 Emily Laurinec Teresa Wells English 1123 7/8/12

Enjoy The Little Things In the short stories The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant and Everyday Use by Alice Walker, we meet two very diverse women, (;) Dee and Mathidle. Dee and Mathilde have very similar personalities even though they live in vastly different environments: (.) Dee lives the in rural south during the 1960s, while Mathilde lives in 19th century France. There are many similar characteristics in these women: (. F) first, both women feel they should be in better living conditions. Next, both women liked to control the people around them. Finally, both women stayed true to themselves throughout the entire story. (You are lacking a strong thesis here, sweetie. What is this paper supposed to be about?) Mathilde and Dee feel they were to be in better living conditions, and would do anything to make that dream possible. In Everyday Use, Dee never fully understood her familys heritage. She was very stylish and artsy. She constantly wanted nice things and was sure to find a way to get them. Mama said, She was determined to stare down any disaster in her effortsAt sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style was (Walker 457). Dee was determined to look her best and have the greatest riches in the world. As for with Mathilde, she also felt she got the short end of the stick. The Why not? What was that heritage? How is it different from what Mathilde wants?

Laurinec 2 hope for Mathildes hope was that she marries a rich and distinguished man (De Maupassant, pg. #). However, since she didnt know any, she had to settle for a clerk. Much like Dee, Mathilde loved to daydream about the riches she couldnt have. Her thoughts carried her away to stately banquet halls, whose walls were covered with rich tapestries, portraying scenes in which ancient personages and strange birds were pictured in the middle of a fairy-like forest (De Maupassant pg. #). However, because she couldnt afford such riches, she dressed simply, because she had no means of adornment (De Maupassant pg. #). Mathilde had no motivation to even look pretty because of the riches she lacked. Dee and Mathilde had everyone they loved wrapped around their finger. Dee has an opportunity of a lifetime; she has a chance to go to college. However, she never had to do anything to get that opportunity. Mama and her church raised money so Dee could go; . Dee seemed ungrateful that she has had this opportunity Who is Maggie? You have not introduced her and receive this higher education. Mama said she, Pressed us to her with the serious we have no idea who way she read, to shove us away at just the moment, like dimwits, we seemed about she is. to be educated. It was as if Dee felt pity for Mama and Maggie because she could to understand (Walker, 457). Since Dee was always determined to get what she wanted, she very rarely heard the word no. Mama explained it as, Youve no doubt seen those TV shows where the child who has made it is confronted, as a surprise, by her own mother and father, tottering in weakly from backstage. (Walker 455). Mama is observing how selfish those children on TV seem because they always get their way and how the parents seem exhausted from their exuberant ww child. Unclear as to the purpose of this paragraph.

Laurinec 5 Name? Mathilde also liked to get her way with her husband. When he gives her an Why? invitation to a very distinguished party, instead of being happy like he hoped, she was very offended. She replied to the invitation saying, What do you wish me to do with that? (De Maupassant pg. #) Her husband decided to give up his the 400 francs he wanted to use to buy a gun so she could go buy a dress. Even when Mathilde had the dress, she is still very unhappy. It worries me that I have not one jewel, not a precious stone to wear. What a miserable figure I shall be! I think I would rather not go at all! (De Maupassant pg. #). Mathilde never learned to appreciate the little things in life and always felt she needed more. The two women experience life-changing events; , however that still doesnt seem to change their views on their life lives. Dee went to college and participated in the Civil Rights movement and for a moment, it seems as if she finally understands her familys heritage. [Dee claimed, These are all pieces of This para graph is not clear. dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine!] (Walker 460). Nonetheless, that moment passes when Dee finds out that the quilts are going to be given to Maggie since she will find an eEveryday uUse for them. You need a transition here and at the beginning of every paragraph. You are talking about one thing and then suddenly another thing. Mathilde experiences a life-changing event when she picks out the jewelry to wear to the ball. For a moment, she experiences what she thought was the rich life. She visits her friend Madame Forestier and picks out a beautiful diamond necklace to wear. Finally, Mathilde feels beautiful; She danced with pleasure, thinking of nothing but the triumph of her beauty and the glory of success. (De We need some background information for the story in the brackets. How did she tie her husband around her finger?

Laurinec 4 Maupassant pg. #). However, trouble comes when she loses the diamond necklace and she and her husband desperately search to find a replacement. Unfortunately, they end up in debt for ten years trying to pay off the new one they bought. Even after she loses it and it is already paid for struggles to pay for it, she still is happy for everything they went through because she felt so beautiful for one night. But sometimes when her husband was at his office she stead herself at the window and thought of that evening in the past and that ball, where she had been so beautiful and so admired (De Maupassant pg. #). Therefore, her views have not changed because she still wishes to be beautiful even after they have managed to pay off her their debt. In Everyday Use and The Necklace, Dee and Mathilde are unhappy with their living conditions, can control the people are around them, and have learned that despite difficulties, their personalities make them who they are. They have a hard time realizing that life is not what it seems. They also didnt realize that they should appreciate the little things in life instead of focusing on riches they cannot afford. Ive made some corrections, sweetie and offered some advice. If you need more help, call after 12:00 pm your time and Ill talk with you about your paper. I love you, Emily. Take care, be good and Ill talk to you soon.

Daddy ps call with your SS # for your FASFA Works Cited 1. de Maupassant, Guy. The Necklace. Trans. Mathilde Weissenhorn. Balance

Laurinec 5 Publishing Company. 1989. Web. 31 May 2011. 2. Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing. Ed. X. 3. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 11th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. 455-461. Print.