The Knecklace

Marxism is blatantly a tool distributed in this piece.  Madame Loisel is blinded by material wealth, instead of self-worth.  She strives to become one of the wealthy, while her husband is pretty much set in the lifestyle that he has made for himself.  In the story, I really believe that the diamond necklace is a representation of how illusional wealth really is.  This is similar to the grass is much greener on the other side belief.  Madame actually believed that these people were beautiful.  She wanted to be just like them but on the other end she really didn't know how foul these people were as well.  As hard as her husband worked, his thoughts and his ideas that blessed the company were irrelevant in the eyes of the bourgeoisie.  She fell for the allure of societies "gems" which is crazy because the very same she lusted for never gazed over at her, not in for a second.  The party that she did finally attend, her husband had to conjure up, just to get into the party, because first of all who in the bloody hell would invite this ingrates that are a part of this class known as the Proletariat.  So she got to live the dream, of dressing up and going to this get together and dance the night away, but, in honesty for what?  She lived her whole life for a moment that came back to haunt her and utterly put her in more bondage than she could ever imagine.  In that scenario were first she got the necklace and then worked ten years just to come to find out that she had worked for literally nothing.  It goes back to the theory in which Karl Marxism discussed that it is the working class that gives the wealthy their riches.  That without this strong crutch to hold on to the wealthy would be weak.  It is the wealthy that take the products that the working class creates and distribute it back to them in way that is far from clever, the idea is simply brilliant. 

Vanity is the key to the success of selling a lifestyle.  Even in today's society the wealthy and lavish lifestyle is birthed by the actions of capitalism.  People buy things that have zero worth to them, but it’s nice to have.  The spirit of competition is the curse of our society.  In the story the story of the necklace look capitalism works out for Mamde Liosel and her husband.  Her husband work hard but yet doesn't reap the benefits of his labor.  Sure, he has a decent standard of living but that he works for doesn't even acknowledge him.  Like the story says he eats pot pie while the wealthy entertain guest at this extravagant party.  At the end of the story, Madame finally realizes her error, and starts to truly appreciate what she has instead of what she doesn't.  This should be a lesson to all walks of life in society.