The ironic ending of the whole story shocked me a lot, though it isn’t my first time to read this story.

The entire story happened just out of the vanity of the woman. She envied the luxurious life of high class people. It was that desire of vanity that killed the woman and her entire life!!  If she leaded a life as any other woman in her class did, washed the dishes, cleaned the kitchen and was content with what she already had, she would have been much happier.

The other main character in the story, the husband, was really a tragedy role who sacrificed for his wife’s vanity. He struggled to get that invitation for his wife and just because of that”struggle” he had to take several jobs and did his best to return the debt of the lost necklace in ten years. The loss of the necklace is the turning point of life of the couple. That makes me reflecting on the movie Titanic. Jack won the gambling and got the ticket of the trip on the magnificent ship. Ironically, what he also won is the end of his life. All the things the husband did were just out of the love and responsibility of being a husband. I feel pity for him because he shouldn’t be the victim of the weakness of humanity.

What also shocked me is that a tiny mistake can totally change one’s whole life. At the meantime, I believe that the couple is lovely in some way. Though they undertook really tough life during the ten years, they didn’t give up their credit and dignity.  At least they gave back the necklace, paid back all the debt and tell the truth to Mme.forestier. Though the woman had so many unrealistic daydreams, after the loss of the necklace she faced life courageously and bravely instead of escaping from the reality.