This idea is exemplified in the story of "The Necklace," where Madame Loisel's sole purpose is to reach a higher social status than that of which she has already achieved. She is not content with where she is socially and economically, therefore, she discards who she really is to be seen as a woman of higher wealth at a party. ...
To break away from rules in order to reach a goal is innovative" I was going home and at the bus stop there was a stranger standing there alone. ... I said, "Yes, from a party a long time ago,"" and then he gave me a hug. ... As she was about to hug me she questioned, "Your from the party right?"" ...
Willie is familiar with the reverend and thinks fondly of him, as he went to the Christmas parties at the reverend's church as a child. ... Tim Engles in his piece on Linden Hills, points out that "Naylor suggests that the residents of the lower reaches of Linden Hills have repressed so much of themselves and of their former, sustaining communal connections, that they are beyond recovery ". ...
