In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, there are two characters who act like one another which are Dee and Mathilde Loisel, who is also known as Mrs. Loisel. Although both stories are complete opposite and take place in different settings, the similarities that both these characters endure are conspicuous. These characters come from different backgrounds, but their personalities and behavior are very similar to one another. In each story both Dee and Mrs. Loisel give off the type of attitudes that they both deserve better in life because of their beauty. Dee chooses to separate herself from her family because she desires to have a better life while Mrs. Loisel mainly focuses on the image of herself while also having the aspiration of a wealthy life. Using irony and characterization, both authors worked radiantly to create the characters Dee and Mrs. Loisel and show the audience that even though the stories take place in different settings, the similarities between these characters are evident.
Dee is from a poor black family while Mrs. Loisel is from a
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Loisel would do to her husband. This is ironic because she is no better than either her mom or her sister though because they all kind of grew up the same way. Mrs. Loisel on the other hand, is a hard one to break down. She treats her husband terribly even though he attempts to do everything to make her happy but has always had some form of wealth in her life. She is probably a product of what used to be her environment, like her family behaved in the same way she did or something. Both characters have a different reasoning behind the way they behave, but that just goes to show they are both ungrateful for what they have. They act just alike though, as far as the way they treat the people that love them with their stuck up