the night like as if she was rich princess, but her selfishness and greed came to an end when she discovered that she lost the necklace. She was ashamed to tell her friend what happened to the necklace, so she bought another one that looked exactly like the one she borrowed, and immediately returned back to her friend hoping she would not notice anything different about the necklace. The new necklace cost Madame Mathilde and her husband, thirty-six thousand francs, which ultimately led them to poverty for next ten years of their life in repaying for the necklace she had lost. Madame Mathilde, I believe was quite disturbed and overshadowed after she found out ten years later that the necklace she borrowed that night for the ball was not worth much, as her friend, Madame Forestier stated, "Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at the most five hundred francs!'"(44). This was truly ironic, for it was unexpected and a hard lesson to learn from. Also, the irony of the story was indeed a twist of fate, and an unfavorable destiny for Madame Mathilde, for the fact that she was not honest with herself, or with others about the reality of her life that truly resided. As Jason Pierce stated:
             The reader is lead to believe that the story's central conflict is based on Madame Loisel's social situation and her desire to become a member of a higher class. If fact, however, that conflict- the disparity between appearances and reality. At the Ministry ball, Madame Loisel's success is direct result of her appearance of wealth and high social standing, whereas,
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