Compare and Contrast Guy de Maupassant The Necklace and Raymond Carver Neighbours In The Necklace and Neighbours both couples are envious of their neighbours or friends lives In the Necklace Mathilde Loisel is jealous of the luxuries of high class persons she is particularly jealous of her friend Jeanne Forrestier that after visiting her she feels depressed pg 5 lines 9 12 She had a rich friend a comrade from convent days whom she did not want to see anymore because she suffered s much when she
Out With the Old And In With the New in Everyday Use In the short story Everyday Use the conflict between Mama and Dee helps to reveal the stories theme Mama is very old fashioned and hard working while Dee is young arrogant and educated Mama and Maggie are content with tradition because that is all they know but Dee has the opportunity to go to college and lets it go to her head She seems to forget where she came from and takes the blessings in her life for granted This story was written in th