Guy De Maupassant's The Necklace and Ernest Hemingway's Cat in the Rain are stories that show a similar quality of character description. Through the view of the narrator the women characters are described as needy and that develops as each story moves on. Once the stories' plot develops, the reader is able to realize the differences between character relationships and development. The way the plot is developed for each story shows how the main character is changing in The Necklace differs from the main character changing in Cat in the Rain. Maupassant's and Hemingway's portrayal of characters with similar traits illustrated in the same point of view are shown differently through the differences in the plot and motivation.
             The point of view shown in both stories is third person narrative. This is where the narrator is describing what is going on between the characters and how the characters are feeling. With this point of view the reader is presented with more straightforward description and detail about characteristics of characters which eventually explains reasoning for their actions in the story. In The Necklace the narrator describes the main character Mme Loisel as better than what she is and she always thought about "long salons fitted up with ancient silk, of the delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of the coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five o'clock with intimate friends....whom all women envy and whose attention they all desire" (101). From this description the reader is able to understand how the Mme Loisel feels about what she wants in life through the narrator. The description later explains how Mme Loisel's desires lead to her carelessness in the loss of the barrowed necklace. Instead of the character's explaining what's happening and the reader having to analyze the character's thoughts, this straightforward approach through ...