Question

People should always try to live within their means. Aspirations have no limits but one should never forget the ground realities. Elaborate on the basis of chapter, 'The Necklace'(Write answer in long type questions in 100-120 words)

Answer 1

This story is about a woman who does not know how to live within her means. Loisel belongs to a middle class family but wants to live a lavish lifestyle. Her husband is a clerk who cannot afford to fulfill all her demands. For attending a party, Loisel decides to borrow a necklace from her friend who rich. Loisel loses the necklace while returning from the party. Loisel and her husband spend all their fortunes and borrowings to buy a similar necklace which cost them a fortune. After that, they have to everything which could be done so that they could repay the loan. It takes about 10 years of hard-work and lots of sacrifices before she is able to repay all her loans. The time and all the hard-work take their toll on her and she ages quickly. After that tortuous period had passed she happens to meet her rich friend and tells the whole story. Her friend tells that it was not a diamond necklace but a cheap imitation jewelry.

Answer 2

(4 for Content = 2 for Fluency = 2 for Grammatical Accuracy )




i) Live a contented life,
ii) Best quoted phrase is ‘Honesty is the best policy’
iii) Simple living and high thinking,
iv) We should not run after materialistic world
v) We must not think beyond our limits.