 This story is one of those narrations that manage to get my attention, at the same time is simple, spoken of as a beautiful, graceful, charming and educated woman named Madame Mathilde, of humble origin and married to an employee of the Ministry of Education, Monsieur Loisel. They were not well off financially but she always dreamed of a life of luxury and comfort, with large rooms and exquisite pieces of furniture, large Oriental tapestries, lit by torches bronze.  She possessed no clothes or expensive jewelry, but she felt that he was born to enjoy all these luxuries.  Madame Mathilde had a rich friend Madame Forestier who did not visit each visit often because she suffers the pain of their poverty from which she constantly reneges.

 One day her husband Monsieur Loisel, comes home and gives him an invitation to the party of the Minister, only for select people, very dismay Mathilde only murmur "you want to do with that" I do not have the proper attire to attend the event.  Saw Monsieur mourn and drying her tears asked, that the cost adequate clothing, and Mathilde, thinking about it carefully answered him that 400 francs. It was the same as her husband was saving to buy a rifle, but gladly accept invest four hundred francs Mathilde's dress.  The feast day approached, Mathilde it looked sad and pensive woman asks her husband happens to him, because she had the perfect dress for the occasion, and she replied that it did not have the accessory, or jewelry to wear the dress, so Monsieur Loisel told that because I did not pay one improvement to her friend Madame Forestier, that she knew enough to lend it a gem and she will happily replied that I had not thought about it.

 The next day Mathilde was heading to the house of his friend, and explain your need and she very graciously acceded to lend one of its jewels, brought a box which she chose like it, but look impressed Mathilde bracelets, necklaces beads, and many more jewels. And suddenly observed a perfect jewel for her outfit was a black satin necklace with diamonds, and hesitantly asked his friend if he could pay that jewel, her friend replied "of course" and Mathilde frantically embrace and thanked.

 The day of the party arrived, and Mathilde was the most beautiful and elegant evening, all present admired her beauty and asked her name, and to the Assistant Secretary were willing to waltz with her, the night successfully elapse, and happy for the triumph of her beauty and admiration he had awakened at all.  Her husband and some-asleep at 4 am, got ready to go home with Mathilde, his humble and simple clothes compared to expensive overcoats that had the other ladies.  Her husband started to go down so she does not put up with cold, but she did not listen and under and take long and walked, until finally found a taxi, and headed back to the reality of life that Mathilde did not want to return.

 Since each nearly naked for her husband slept available to her, and she in the mirror, when suddenly cries out that he no longer possessed the necklace. And with anguish was heading to her husband and distressed revised budget in the folds of the dress, and the necklace everywhere did not appear.  Her husband came rushing to look at all the places where they had walked, hoping to find the necklace.  The clock struck 7am was heading to the police station to offer a reward in hopes of recovering the necklace  return home tired and told her husband who was to communicate with your friend and tell her the brooch necklace had been broken and he needed time to repair, and if gain time to replace the lost jewel.  At the end they would have to find a solution and was replace the necklace, and so they headed to different places, and with just the jewel box, and memory were preparing to take on a similar. They were box after box until I finally managed to find the store Palais-Royal, a jewel with diamond-like, and which cost forty thousand francs, offering thirty-six thousand francs and beseeching him the jeweler not to sell over the next three days.

 Monsieur Loisel had only eighteen-thousand francs which were the product of his father, and the rest would get with loans through usurious agreements with all of the place, not knowing if I could meet. And horrified by the future, was to seek payment necklace and thirty-six thousand francs required.  And that is how Madame Mathilde was heading to return the necklace to Madame Forestier, and she worried that realized by the change. Madame Forestier cold voice, commented that she should have returned the necklace soon as it could have needed.  From there exchange the life of Madame Mathilde, she would know extreme poverty, where she was the main protagonist. Her husband was laid off, moving from floor, doing all the housework, washing pots and dishes with red hands and nails worn get fat and old clothes out every morning to bartering for food and products, and cursing every morning and fighting for every penny.  Meanwhile her husband worked nights to gather penny after penny after penny to pay the value of the interest and value of the debt to the usurers, and also spent ten years to achieve pay all charges.

 One Sunday after the long days of the week Madame Mathilde went to the Champs Elysees and in the distance saw a woman with a child, was Madame Forestier, she still young, beautiful and now he had paid the debt I thought should talk to her? And tell all, and ask, Why not? And they came and caught his attention.  Good morning Jeanne, and she Recognized her, and she was surprised to be called by a poor woman. And Madame Forestier said I ought to be making a mistake. And Mathilde said. Recognize not me.  Meanwhile her husband worked nights to gather penny after penny after penny to pay the value of the interest and value of the debt to the usurers, and also spent ten years to achieve pay all charges.  One Sunday after the long days of the week Madame Mathilde went to the Champs Elysees and in the distance saw a woman with a child, was Madame Forestier, she still young, beautiful. And now he had paid the debt I thought should talk to her? And tell all, and ask, Why not?  And they came and caught his attention.  Good morning Jeanne, and she recognized her, and she was surprised to be called by a poor woman. And Madame Forestier said he ought to be making a mistake. And Mathilde said. Not recognize me.

 Her friend surprised cry and said...! My poor Mathilde how you've changed!  And Mathilde replied, "I've had some hard times and a lot of pain, and all on your own" And his friend said, by! In my account!  Yes, remember the diamond necklace you lent me for the feast of the Ministry.  Yes, "I remember"  "I lost"  Madame Forestier answered him, how could you, "Why did you bring back"  Because the last ten years, we have paid for it, it was not easy, but we do so because we did not have money.  Madame Forestier said "you bought a diamond necklace to replace mine”  "Madame Mathilde, I answer, if "he had not noticed."  Madame Forestier, smiled and took her hand touched Mathilde and said "Oh my poor Mathilde the necklace was a fake. At most they were worth five hundred francs!

 Characters  Setting  Plot  Conflict  Theme

 In this story the main characters are Madame Mathilde Loisel (beautiful, charming and much grace), but from a poor family, her husband Monsieur Loisel (official from the Ministry of Education) and her friend Mademe Forestiers, wealthy person whom she did not continuously frequented every visit austerity reminded him that she lived.

 The story takes place in Paris, on a middle class house where Madame Mathilde dreamed large living rooms with exquisite pieces of furniture, and beautiful oriental rugs, jewelry and sumptuous dresses, which she was sure deserve.

 The story begins as Madame Mathilde longs for have a life of luxury, like having a beautiful home, jewelry, and money, married to an employee of the Ministry of Education, which provides a modest life. With which she is not satisfied.  Her husband manages to get an invitation to an event selected, and you want to carry Mathilde, because he knows that she enjoys the company of high class people, but there is a problem, Mathilde does not have appropriate attire to what you provides 400 francs for her dress, but Mathilde still not satisfied and you need an accessory for your dress, and she has no jewelry, so he resorts to her friend Madame Forestiers who is rich and can pay a necklace, tell your problem and Madame Forestiers, willingly gives the collar you need

 Madame Mathilde, glaring at the party and with its charm and captivates all present, the party is a success, but at the end get ready to take a taxi, but it is not possible, so walk up to get one, and to get to the house, is that Mathilde realizes he no longer has the collar on his neck, and then that starts the conflict, to recover the jewel lost her husband, desperate runs walked everywhere and hopeless any returns and he and his wife decide to replace the lost necklace by another and is when Mathilde's husband borrows all usurers of the place, to buy a new gem, which after much searching costs them thirty-six thousand francs and achieved with effort and return to Madame buy Forestiers. Coming down on a debt that would last ten years and that would bring true poverty for Mathilde, to the point that they have to move, they have to do all the housework, washing dishes, pots, and aging and fighting for every penny for survive, and her husband worked at night to pay the interest on the loan over the loan sharks. And so Mathilde dies after year, on a walk in the Champs Elysees distinguishes the distance to a beautiful woman, with a child, it was. Madame Forestiers, she still young and elegant, the greets, and is not recognized by their poor clothing and aged appearance, and Madame Forestiers, recognizes amazement and says, how you've changed, and Mathilde says he has suffered a lot and is on his own, to which she replied, that is all, and reminds Mathilde when she lent the necklace with diamonds for dance ministry, and she tells him that he lost, and Madame Forestiers retorts, I'll return and she answers, that she and her husband had paid for 10 years, the value of the jewel that they gave back to replace the lost, to which Madame Forestiers, moved and answered, that this was an imitation gem and if it was worth 500 francs.

 It live and suffer every day Madame Mathilde, not to accept and conform to the simple life she had always lived since childhood, and now with her husband and always dream of a life of luxury, free from want and admired by all.

 I think it is to find the true value of what you have, that the desire to want riches beyond measure, jewelry and want what is sometimes not possible, which brings with it more problems, in the end everything ends with a night and the start a new day, drags us to pay for our mistakes for years, transforming our lives and doing reflect not worth the pay a high price for pretend they do not.