“The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence have two women in these stories that show no care or concern for anyone but themselves. Hester and Mathilde both had families that they truly did not love. And they were only involved with them for social reasons and to have their selfish needs provided. They finally righted the way they lived but only because they lost something or someone …showed first 75 words of 1386 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1386 total…what the burden it produced. These two both had expensive, luxurious tastes that sometimes just could not be met. When finally Mathilde and Hester realized the way they had been living was not the way to go about something of great importance was taken form them and that it would never be returned. Sometimes a person does not figure it out until they go through a pain like no other and that is a shame.