... A Piece of String The short story of A Piece of String was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883. It is a short story based on in my opinion the theory of “guilty until proven innocent”. The moral of the story is that you must tell the truth to maintain a reputation of honesty and gain trust from others, because a reputation of deceit and dishonesty will make people believe you are not trustworthy, so even when you're telling the truth, it is hard for others to believe. The main characters in The Piece of Strings are Maître Hauchecorne, M. Malandain and The Mayor of Goderville. Maître is a peasant, who picks up anything he sees as useful off the ground. The story begins where he is walking through the market and comes across a piece of string. He picks the string up and keeps it for himself. Later, in the Market, Maître Hanchecornes enemy accuses him of stealing someone else's pocketbook. This soon gets around Goderville, and people begin to distrust and dislike Maître Hauchecorne, despite his claim of innocence. Maître Hauchecorne already had a bad reputation with the citizens of Goderville due to his previous lying and over exaggerations and telling unbelievable stories. This is the main reason for the people's reluctance to believe Maître Hauchecorne, although he is telling the truth. The pocketbook is eventually returned, however the town still doesn’t believe his innocence. The pain and heartache that Maitre Hauchecorne suffered because of the towns’ inability...
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... A Piece of String The short story of A Piece of String was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883. It is a short story based on in my opinion the theory of “guilty until proven innocent”. The moral of the story is that you must tell the truth to maintain a reputation of honesty and gain trust from others, because a reputation of deceit and dishonesty will make people believe you are not trustworthy, so even when you're telling the truth, it is hard for others to believe. The main characters in The Piece of Strings are Maître Hauchecorne, M. Malandain and The Mayor of Goderville. Maître is a peasant, who picks up anything he sees as useful off the ground. The story begins where he is walking through the market and comes across a piece of string. He picks the string up and keeps it for himself. Later, in the Market, Maître Hanchecornes enemy accuses him of stealing someone else's pocketbook. This soon gets around Goderville, and people begin to distrust and dislike Maître Hauchecorne, despite his claim of innocence. Maître Hauchecorne already had a bad reputation with the citizens of Goderville due to his previous lying and over exaggerations and telling unbelievable stories. This is the main reason for the people's reluctance to believe Maître Hauchecorne, although he is telling the truth. The pocketbook is eventually returned, however the town still doesn’t believe his innocence. The pain and heartache that Maitre Hauchecorne suffered because of the towns’ inability...
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...String," Maitre Hauchecome, resembles Madame Loisel from "The Necklace" in a number of ways. Both are the protagonist of the story. Maitre Hauchecome was accused of stealing a pocketbook from someone and Madame Loisel lost her friend’s expensive diamond necklace. In both cases, the characters do not have an item they should have had in their possession or accused of having. Nevertheless, Maitre Hauchecome is angered when he realizes that nobody believes him for not having the missing item with him, while Madame Loisel feels deep distress and anxiety about loosing her item. Maitre Hauchecome also somewhat acts like Monsieur Loisel because he appears to be a caring, gentle, poor man who tries to please people. The characters reacted to their situations differently. In "The Piece of String," Maitre Fortune Houlbreque resembles Madame Forestier in "The Necklace" because Maitre Fortune Houlbreque lost a pocketbook and Madame Forestier’s friend lost her diamond necklace; both characters were missing an item. Also, Maitre Malandain from "The Piece of String" and Monsieur Loisel from "The Necklace" are characters who are quite different; Maitre Malandain told people that Maitre Hauchecome was guilty of the crime against him; he didn’t want to help him at all. Monsieur Loisel bent over backwards to help find the diamond necklace her wife lost and even helped to pay for the replacement. As you can tell, there are many differences and similarities between the two short stories. The plot...
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