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''Listen Mathilde, how much would an evening dress cost, a suitable one that you could wear again on other occasions, something very simple?'' She thought for several seconds, making her calculations and at the same time estimating how much she could ask for without eliciting an immediate refusal and an exclamation of horror from this econimical goverment clerk. At last; not sure of herself, she said: ''It's hard to say exactly but I think I could manage with 4 hundred francs.'' (Pg. 610) This Quote of exploitation shows an example of how people can get, taking away others things just to please themselves and it shows how much someone can give away to the person they love.
'' Madame Lousisel looked old now. She had become the sort of strong woman, hard and coarse, that one finds in poor families. Disheveled her skirts askew, with reddened hands, she spoke in a loud voice, slopping water over the floors as she washed them.'' (Pg. 614) This quote shows that being beautiful on the outside won't last but the beauty on the inside will shine through in the end, and it isnt always pretty.
The Human Condition
Character: ''She was one of those pretty, charming young women who are born, as if by an error of fate, into a petty officials family. She had no dowry, no hopes, not the slightest chance of being appreciated, understood, loved, and married by a rich and distinguised man...'' (Pg. 608) In this quote it reveals the image of a woman and gives you a glance at the kind of person Mathilde is.
'''The poverty of rooms, the shaggy walls, the warn furniture, the ugly upholstery - caused her pain.'' (Pg. 609) This quote shows what what kind of setting Mathilde lives in and how it hurts her.
Thesis Statement: Vanity, exploitation, and materialism all go on in todays society as well as in the 1900's. Everything you do has its price, but some are worse than others and can effect people other than yourself.
