An argument-based paper. Read the short story “The Necklace,” by…

An argument-based paper. Read the short story “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant. This will be the subject matter for “Essay Three.” You will be trying to convince who ever reads this of the validity of your viewpoint, and make them “see things your way.” You will, also,  need to do outside research for the essay and incorporate quotes from the story, as well as quotes and paraphrases from a literary criticism about the story. ( the quote and paraphrase will be from only one source, Only use of the literary sources below)

You can use quotes from theses literary sources:

• Guy de Maupassant : comprehensive research and study guide /
• Selected tales of Guy de Maupassant /
• The best stories of Guy de Maupassant, selected, and with an introduction, by Saxe Commins.
• The portable Maupassant /
• The odd number ; thirteen tales, by Guy de Maupassant ; the translation by Jonathan Sturges ; an introduction by Henry James.
• The works of Guy de Maupassant : short stories.
• Thematic guide to popular short stories /
• Facts on File encyclopedia of Gothic literature /
• Guy de Maupassant /
• Cyclopedia of world authors

Follow these instructions to write the essay:

-The essay shall be in MLA style.

-The essay shall be titled.
-The essay shall be five paragraphs long.
-The essay shall be thirty to forty sentences long.
-The essay shall contain an introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion.
-The thesis shall be the last sentence of the introduction.

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-The essay shall contain quotes from the story in one body paragraph and quotes and paraphrases from another outside source in the other two body paragraphs. The intro and conclusion require no quotes.

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-The essay shall be written in the third person.
-The essay shall be written in the present tense.
-The essay shall contain no contractions.
-The essay should be double spaced.

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Introduction

 Body Paragraph 1- Argue that it is the responsibility of

Mr.Loisel/Mathilde (choose only one) for destroying the couple’s

financial future.
Body Paragraph 2- Argue that it is Mathilde’s covetousness that

 is at the root of the couple’s problems.

Body Paragraph 3- Argue that the couple’s problems are the

 consequence of Mathilde’s inability to be satisfied with what she

 has, or argue that the couple’s calamities could have been

  avoided if they had told the truth.

Paper 3 will be an argument-based paper. You will read the short story “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant. This will be the subject matter for “Essay Three.” You will be trying to convince me of the validity of your viewpoint, and make me “see things your way.”

You will, also, be required to do outside research for this essay and incorporate quotes from the story, as well as quotes and paraphrases from a literary criticism about the story.

• The thesis shall be the last sentence of your introduction and the first sentence of your conclusion.
• Do not change or substitute the individual paragraph writing prompts. They are the specific points you should be arguing in your essay. The subject matter is provided. Your body paragraph topics are already “set.” All you need to do is a make them into a “thesis.”
• Consider these examples of a thesis for this essay to help you understand what you need to be doing.  Making the thesis is simple. The body paragraph topics come from the writing assignment’s paragraph writing prompts. They are highlighted in YELLOW for illustration.
• The Loisels experience many hardships because Mathilde damages the couples finances, Mathilde is covetous, and Mathilde cannot be satisfied.”

Or, you could say:

• “The Loisels’ endure a lifetime of unnecessary financial distress because Mathilde destroys their financial future, Mathilde is covetous, and Mathilde always wants what she does not have.”

Or, you can do it this way:

• “Because of Mathilde’s destruction of their financial future, her covetousness, and her inability to be satisfied, the Loisels suffer terrible damage to their lives.” 

Try to have some fun with this paper. You will be able to talk about many interesting questions about relationships in the story such as:

•  “Who wears the pants in a marriage or a relationship?
•  “How do you know who’s in charge? It’s not both. It’s always one more than the other…..always……”
•  “Why shouldn’t a man try to please his wife?
•  “Relationships are always complicated.”
•  “Money really is always a source of conflict.”
•  “How do you not be manipulated or be a “chump” in a relationship?”
•  “When is someone going too far?   
•  “How does one “put their foot down?”
•  “What do you say?
•  “How do you act, really?”
•  “How do you be assertive, really, without saying too much or going too far? 

There are, also, a wealth of hard truths, maxims, injunctions and good advice in the story. For example: 

• “Get out of your head, and get in the game.”
•  “If you want something, work for it.”
•  “Let good enough be good enough.”
•  “You don’t know what you have ’till it’s gone.”
•  “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” (Shakespeare, Hamlet)
•  “It could be worse.”
•  “It could be much worse.”
• “Be careful what you wish for.”

Or, there’s the more “common sense,” “smart-alec” type of advice, which stings when you hear it. You want to say something sarcastic back, to defend your pride, but it’s never enough because you have already dug yourself too deep of a hole. Consider the following:

• “If you have time to daydream/gripe/groan/moan/carry on/complain/nag/ride/rail/whine/poor-mouth, then, you have time to clean this house/cook supper/fix me a sandwich/sew some new curtains/paint this dump/get a job/start making some money/ buy yourself  a necklace.”

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• Here is an example intro to help you understand what you should be trying to do. The thesis is directly from my above examples.

“Relationships are always complicated. There always seems to be a power struggle or conflicts due to money. Never have these problems been illustrated so well as in “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant. In this story the husband is a simple man and is easily satisfied. His wife, on the other hand, is beset with avarice, and her covetousness spirals out of control.  This imbalance in their relationship leads to their irrevocable downfall. The Loisels’ endure a lifetime of unnecessary financial distress because Mathilde destroys their financial future, Mathilde is covetous, and Mathilde cannot be satisfied.” 

• Remember, when quoting the story, quote from the story I provided below. That is the one I want you to quote. I made sure I got the page numbers on it, which is all you need.
• “C:\Users\tycoo\Downloads\The Necklace by Guy DeMaupassant (1).pdf”

• You should be writing six to eight sentences, per body paragraph using the “support,” “detail” format from

Here are some elements from the story to use as “raw materials” for body-paragraph discussions:

Mathilde destroys their financial future by:

• …manipulating her husband into buying an extravagant, new dress.
• …borrowing a necklace and irresponsibly losing it.
• …causing the couple to spend all their savings and earnings…on her.
• …being so “hoity-toity,” unappreciative, and unbalancing her “karma.”

Mathilde is covetous because:

• …she daydreams all the time about “finer things.”
• …she believes her life would be better if she had those things.
• …she believes she deserves finer things.
• …she cries after visiting her friends and seeing their things.
• ...of the way she reacted to seeing the necklace for the first time.

Mathilde cannot be satisfied because of:

•  …her expensive tastes.
• …not letting her theater dress be good enough for her.
• …not letting a corsage of roses be good enough for her.
• …believing thoroughly that her life is one of “privation” and lack.
• Here is an example of a body paragraph to help you understand what you should be trying to do

“Mathilde’s covetousness causes the Loisels to suffer terrible damage to their lives. To begin, Mathilde shamelessly manipulates her husband to satisfy her greed. For example, she schemes to get the most expensive dress possible knowing fully of her husband’s frugality. “Large tears fell slowly from the corners of her eyes to her mouth…Give your invitation to someone else at the office whose wife will have nicer clothes than mine” (Maupassant 201). To further show, she will look fabulous with only a simple corsage of roses, but that will never do for her. She must have jewels, or she threatens to boycott the party. Secondly, she is terribly dissatisfied with her comfortable, albeit plain, lifestyle. To illustrate, Mathilde lives in a constant state of distraction and heartache for all the things she does not have.”

A nice, simple, seven-sentence paragraph-eight with the quote.

To do the paraphrasing in the other two body paragraphs, remember the following:

When you write information or ideas from a source in your own words, cite the source by adding an in-text citation at the end of the paraphrased portion.

Paraphrasing from One Page

Include a full in-text citation with the author name and page number (if there is one). For example:

Mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (Hunt 65).

or

Hunt discussed mother-infant attachment becoming a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (65).

Paraphrasing from Multiple Pages

If the paraphrased information/idea is from several pages, include them. For example:

Mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby’s studies (Hunt 50, 55, 65-71).

• Here is an example conclusion to help you understand what you should be trying to do…..

“Because of her destruction of their financial future, her covetousness, and her inability to be satisfied with what she has, the Loisels suffer terrible damage to their lives. Mathilde has a fine, middle-class, lifestyle complete with a maid and a cook, but she cannot leave well enough alone. She is, truly, lucky to be blessed with striking good looks, as well. Instead of being grateful, she loses everything she has-even her great beauty. She spends her entire life “in her head” about her living situation, and she and her husband pay a terrible price, in the end.” 

You will have two entries for your Works Cited page: one for the story, and one for your outside source.

Here is the information for the story. It needs to be placed in Hanging Indent in keeping with proper MLA style

Here is the info you will need….

De Maupassant, Guy “The Necklace.” Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing.

Edgar V. Roberts and Robert Zweig. Tenth Edition, Pearson, 2012. Print, 200-295.

All that remains, now, is to settle on an outside source to use in your essay as supporting material and do a Works Cited entry for that, as well.

The Works Cited page should be it’s own page at the end of your essay. It should look like this:

Works Cited

Maupassant, Guy “The Necklace.” Literature: An          Introduction to Reading and Writing. Edgar V. Roberts and Robert Zweig. Tenth Edition, Pearson. 2012, p. 200-205, print.                                 

Hanging Indent will not look like that. I had to approximate it because there is no provision for it in this question box.

The paper should be thirty  to forty sentences (excluding the quote). Use the format provided below

Introduction

1. Lead In 1:
2. Lead In 2:
3. Lead In 3:
4. Lead In 4:
5. THESIS:

Body 1

1. Topic Sentence:
2. Support 1: First/firstly,
3. Detail 1: For example,
4. Detail 2: To show,
5. Support 2: Second/secondly,
6. Detail 1: For proof,
7. Detail 2: For more proof,

Body 2

1. Topic Sentence:
2. Support 1: First/firstly,
3. Detail 1: To give evidence,
4. Detail 2: To offer evidence,
5. Support 2: Second/secondly,
6. Detail 1: For example,
7. Detail 2: For another example,

Body 3

1. Topic Sentence:
2. Support 1: First/firstly,
3. Detail 1: For example,
4. Detail 2: For another example,
5. Support 2: Second/secondly,
6. Detail 1: To offer proof,
7. Detail 2: For even more proof,

Conclusion

1. Restated Thesis:
2. Lead Out 1:
3. Lead Out 2:
4. Lead Out 3:
5. Lead Out 4: