Society sometimes puts pressure on people to be something they are not, so that they are seen as wonderful people. A book that demonstrates this is “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. The story is about a woman who is beautiful and has all the things she needs, but is still dissatisfied because she doesn't have things that others have. Mathilde Loisel is the woman in the story he talks about. One of the most constant themes throughout the story is the perception of objects. Loisel believed that if she had the necklace it would change the way people looked at her. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Maupassant begins the story by telling us the objects that Loisel wanted but doesn't have. Losiel feels that she deserves to have those items and wants to have them so that she can be considered a beautiful and rich person if she does. “He had no clothes, no jewelry, nothing. And he loved nothing more than that. She felt like she was made for that. She would have loved to be liked, to be envied, to be charming, to be sought after." She also feels that because she is not rich or from that social class, that means she is worthy of having those things. Loisel is very materialistic. One way to demonstrate this is when her husband received an invitation to a party. When Loisel receives the invitation, she goes out to buy an expensive dress and jewelry so as not to appear poor to everyone at the party. See other people's things as something good to have. While looking at her husband and her house as something that people will belittle her for. She feels like an outsider because she didn't have the things her counterparts have. “She had a friend, a former schoolmate from the convent, who was rich, and who she no longer liked to visit because she felt so sad when she came home.” The way Loisel looks at the world is similar to that of others like her, that is, she compares the things she doesn't have with what others have. Loisel dreams of having wealth and beauty. In the end, when she receives the necklace, she feels like the woman she always wanted to be, envied and fascinating. Then, when she loses the necklace, her life begins to fall into chaos. This is where reality is emphasized to show that the power is within you, not in objects. On the other hand, her rich friend Madame Forestier doesn't think the object is such a powerful thing. Since Forestier is rich, he knows that these objects are not what people should be proud of. He also knows that people have the power to perceive what the object contains. Forestier probably looks at fake objects as he would look at real objects. That's why when Mathilde asked Forestier to borrow her necklace, he agreed because he doesn't hold the necklace in such high regard. While Mathilde is not as rich as the others, she considers these objects to be the most important things to have in the world. Mathilde does everything she can to seem like something she isn't. In a way, he created his own world in his mind. The problem is that his world isn't real. When he went to that party, he saw his life as the same as that of the people there. Mathilde's uncontrollable obsession with objects is what caused her downfall. When he lost the necklace he had to spend the next ten years paying off loans to replace the necklace he had borrowed from Forestier. This then caused her beauty to fade as she was stressed and going through poverty. In reality, Mathilde sacrificed her life for a necklace that in the end wasn't even worth it. The ability to perceive objects is probably the biggest thing that causes most people to fall. Some people view objects as something that verifies them as larger than others. This is it