1. He used Mme. Loisel because of her character of desire, illusion and pride which led to the tragedy. He wrote her to show that the consequences of not appreciating what you have will never end well.
2. I think this story is also a bit divisive because it is criticizing women who only care about status, beauty and vanity, the stereotype of shallow women. But there is also a point of view that it is not because the story only uses Mme. Loisel as a symbol of greed and vanity.
3. De Maupassant observed that social class and status are something very superficial and unfair to the common people. Just like the suffering of Mme. Loisel, we can see how the desire and appearance of wealth can ruin our lives. Our society often values appearance more than true value.
4. I felt sorry for Mrs. Loisel. At first she didn't appreciate her life, but after seeing her go through years of hardship and pain, I really felt sorry for her. Even though I still didn't agree with what she did, I still felt sorry for her for what she had to endure.
5. The necklace symbolizes the false glamour of status and money in society. It makes people trade their whole life for things that are not real and their life will come to a dead end because of those fake things.
6. Mme. Loisel changed from positive changes to positive changes. From a beautiful young woman when the necklace was not lost, but when she lost the necklace, she became an old and poor woman because of many years of hard work, which led to her body losing its beauty and joy of life. After experiencing those hardships, she changed to a more realistic direction, starting to know how to accept working harder. She no longer dreamed of luxury, but unfortunately for her, this awakening was too late.
7. The story would not be as interesting and attractive to the audience if the author did not add the twist. Because the twist at the end of the story is the key and the main point that makes the story stand out more. Moreover, the twist creates irony and turns the tragedy of Mrs. Loisel into a profound lesson about life.
8. Through the story of The Necklace, we can see the similarity between the story and society. Their society always values appearance too much and looks down on the poor who are not of the same class, comparing them. Just like Mrs. Mma Loisel paid the price of her whole life for a fake necklace. Nowadays, many people easily fall into debt and gambling, making their lives worse and worse. So the story reminds us that not chasing after status, appearance and luxury will lead to more suffering than true happiness.