HSC Assignment second week

English First Paper

Assignment:
Write (in English) about a Bangla or English short story that
you have read
Steps / instructions/scope :
• Choose a short story that you enjoyed reading (either in
Bangla or in English)
• Write within 200-250 words
• Write the summary of the story (Focus on plot, characters
in 5 to 8 sentences)
• Write what you liked and did not like about the story
• A concluding statement
• If you are asked to bring some changes in the story, what
would you change.
• Choose a short story that you enjoyed reading (either in
Bangla or in English)
"The Necklace"
Guy de Maupassant.

• Write within 200-250 words

Madame Mathilde has always imagined herself an aristocrat,

despite being born into a family of clerks .Her husband is a low-paid
clerk who tries his best to make her happy. After much effort, he
secures for them an invitation to a ball sponsored by the Ministry of
Education.
Madame Loisel refuses to go, for she has nothing to wear and wishes
not to be embarrassed. Upset at her displeasure, Loisel gives her 400
francs all the money he had been saving to go hunting with his
friends – so she can buy a dress. Even after Madame Loisel does so,
she is still unhappy because she has no jewels to wear with it. She
spurns Loisel's idea of wearing fresh flowers instead, but takes his
suggestion to borrow some jewelry from her friend, Madame
Jeanne Forestier. She borrows a diamond necklace as her only
ornamentation.
Madame Loisel enjoys herself at the ball, dancing with influential
men and reveling in their admiration. Once she and Loisel return
home, though, she discovers that she has lost Jeanne's necklace.
Unable to find it. they resign themselves to buying a replacement.
At the Palais-Royal shops, they find a similar necklace priced at
40,000 and bargain for it, eventually settling at 36,000. Loisel uses
an inheritance from his father to cover half the cost and borrows the
rest at high interest. Madame Loisel gives the necklace to Jeanne
without mentioning the loss of the original.
Mr. Loisel and Madame Loisel move into a shabby apartment and
live in poverty for ten years. After all the loans are paid off, Madame
Loisel encounters Jeanne on the Champs-Élysées, but Jeanne barely
recognizes her due to her shabby clothing and unkempt appearance.
Madame Loisel tells Jeanne about the loss and replacement of the
necklace.. A horrified Jeanne reveals that the necklace she lent to
Madame Loisel had contained fake diamonds and was worth no
more than 500 francs.

• Write the summary of the story (Focus on plot,

characters in 5 to 8 sentences)
One of the themes within "The Necklace" is the dichotomy of reality
versus appearance. Madame Loisel is beautiful on the outside, but
inside she is discontented with her less-than-wealthy lifestyle. She
believes that material wealth will bring her joy, and her pride
prevents her from admitting to Madame Forestier that she is not
rich, and that she has lost the necklace she borrowed. Because of
her pride and obsession with wealth, Mathilde loses ten years of her
life and spends all of her savings on replacing the necklace, only to
find out that the original necklace was a fake to begin with a falsely
wealthy appearance, just like Madame Loisel herself. The story
demonstrates the value of honesty; if Mathilde had told the truth to
Madame Forestier, she would likely have been able to easily replace
the necklace and enjoy the prosperity she wanted but never had.

• Write what you liked and did not like about the story
What I Like:
The Writer Describe the story excellently. The lesson of the story is
that honesty is the best policy. If Mathilde had been honest with her
friend from the start, she would have learned that the necklace
wasn't made of real diamonds and would not have wasted ten years
paying for a replacement. The Story also show the love of a husband
to his wife. Like a short story , the conclusion of the story is just
awesome
What I Didn’t like:
The don.t like the last part of the story. In the Last part of the story
they are suffering a lot for her wife’s ambition but in that time his
wife didn’t show any curtesy to her husband because her husband
lost everything only for his wife happiness. Writer give more
impotence in honesty than love.

• If you are asked to bring some changes in the story,

what would you change.

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