《项链》讲述了小公务员的妻子玛蒂尔德为参加一次晚会，向朋友借了一串钻石项链，来炫耀自己的美丽。不料，项链在回家途中不慎丢失。她只得借钱买了新项链还给朋友。为了偿还债务，她节衣缩食，为别人打短工，整整劳苦了十年。最后，得知所借的项链原是一串假钻石项链。下面是《项链》英文读后感。欢迎阅读。
《项链》英文读后感一：
The Necklace: Reflections and Confessions of Human’s Vanity
“What would have happened if she hadn’t lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!” This is what impressed me most in “The Necklace” written by Guy de Maupassant. I love the story not only due to the incredibly wonderful ending, but also because of the exquisite description of the weakness of humanity.
In his story, Guy de Maupassant creatively reveals Mathilde Loisel's dreams of a wealthy, splendid lifestyle. Mathilde's lifetime of misery and despair is solely caused by her own selfish acts. And her vain obsession all ended up ruining her life.
Vanity is defined as excessive pride, especially in your appearance. In Mathilde's case, the "excessive pride" in her looks and charm caused her to feel as if she deserved a higher ranking social class and the wealth. When she wore the necklace to the party, she wanted to give the illusion that she was something that she was not. Vanity caused Mathilde to fantasize about her life and surroundings-to live in a world of illusion, rather than reality.
Her life was affected in a negative way because of her obsession with vanity. It is so sad that she honestly felt successful the night of the dinner, just because of her looks and her surroundings. What a distorted view of true happiness and fulfillment! NEither an elegant dress or a beautiful piece of jewelry can make a person who they are. A caring and loving person has to be unselfish. Mathilde Loisel definitely lacked a caring and loving personality. The only person she proved to love was the person she wanted to be. Had Mathilde not spent so much of her life selfishly, she and Mr. Loisel could have had a lifetime of happiness. The most ironic and interesting piece of the story is the conclusion. Their lives were ruined for no reason. Had she told Mrs. Forrestier the truth about the lost necklace, she would have known that the necklace was just costume jewelry. Actually, it’s a tragedy made by herself, for she was conquered by the evil of her heart.
In pursuit of vanity may lead to the loss of ourselves. Accept who we are and to be to true to ourselves or else it will contribute to constant unhappiness. Happiness or misfortune, it all depends.
《项链》英文读后感二：
Guy de Maupassant was the child of an unhappy marriage. His mother has been dessccrriibbeedd as neurotic and his father as a man who sought relief from his wife in the arms of other women. Perhaps the collapse of his parents' marriage engendered de Maupassant's pessimism, reflected particularly in his stories about infidelity and failed relationships. It certainly influenced his own attitude toward women, which, in turn, affected his creation of characters in stories such as "The Necklace."
Events in History at the Time of the short story
The purpose of women. De Maupassant's attitude toward women was ambivalent. He was one of few nineteenth-century authors to recognize and celebrate women's sensuality rather than regard it as a sign of corruption. He was also, however, devastatingly cruel to women, whether in his own life or in his fiction. He recommended that the French Academy commission a treatise on how to "break decently, properly, politely, without noise, scene or violence, with a woman who adores you and with whom you are fed up" (de Maupassant in Steegmuller, p. 178)。 He scoffed at monogamy, insisting that he could not understand how two women could not be better than one, three better than two, and ten better than three.
《项链》英文读后感三：
The women is like money and beauty ,because she want other people and friends to admare her,she want to other people think she is a rich women.but her husband isn't rich and just a normel worker in the locel garwenment.there was a dancing party she can take part in,but she didn't has good dress and necklace,so she borrowed a necklace from one of her friends,but she lost it,she and her husband borrowed money and bought another necklace that looks like just the one she borrowed.it's very expensive,for repaying the money she and her husband worked very hard for many years.and she looked older than before after these years.but she learned at last that the necklace she borrowed is a fame!
《项链》英文读后感四：
Life, always have, as necklace said: the story of a young and happy woman in pursuit of a moment of luxury and pride, but in exchange for 10 years of hard labor costs, and finally get is not to think Festival Madame the cruel answer, read here, can't help thinking, vanity then, this article reveals the reality as worthy of study, in the capitalist society the existence of such things is not rare, it is one of the capitalist class vanity corrosion caused loss of the tragic image of youth! The vanity. In fact, everyone has, the difference is, some people are very small, and some people are many, like show around people praise and have cast envious eyes was satisfied, and the necklace deep to expose the fact, vanity is very terrible, when a person has a vanity, he will do many surprising things, like Madame Loisel, for 10 years to pay off this should not he to repay the debt, the life is so strange, so changing all the time, and some people rich overnight, some people overnight bankruptcy…