Madame Loisel and Saunders Rook both crave attention; they have both spent most of their lives being ignored and frowned upon. Their desire leads both of them to act irrational and foolish. In an effort to gain attention, Saunders Rook randomly blurts out that he will commit suicide on the Fourth of July. He never felt that he should kill himself, and his life was modest. There were no reasons that he would say such a thing besides wanting to gain attention. Madame Loisel let her desire for attention cloud her judgement and went to the ball with extravagant clothes and jewelry. She guilted her husband into using his money to buy her an expensive dress, and she borrowed a necklace from one of her friends. Madame Loisel and Saunders Rook wanted