Good authors create interesting characters that evokes some emotion from the readers. That is the case of the protagonist Mathilde Loisel, in Guy de Maupassant’s story “The Necklace.” Mathilde comes across as unsatisfied with her life and selfish which makes her easy to dislike. She first show how much she dislikes her life “She grieved incessantly, feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living.”(Maupassant 221). Maupassant explains that she feels that she should have been born rich. She also proves herself to be selfish especially when “It 's embarrassing nno to have a jewel of gem--nothing to wear on my dress.” (Maupassant 223). She’s only talking about herself instead of her husband as well. In today’s