The grandmother of The Necklace and A Good Man is Hard to FindThe main characters, Mrs. Loisel in "The Necklace" and the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” are very similar because both of these characters refuse to admit a mistake they made. They both had the same motivation before the mistake and they also had the same reason why they wanted to keep quiet about it. Although Mrs. Lisle and her grandmother's sorrows were different, it is still fair to compare the two because either way, living or dead, both of their lives were ruined Loisel and her grandmother are very similar because they both had the same motivation before the. accident It was a selfish motivation that cost them their lives. The character of Mrs. Loisel was selfish in "The Necklace" because instead of wearing flowers as her husband suggested, she chose to borrow her friend's jewelry. "You can wear natural flowers. In this season they are very chic. For ten francs you can have two or three magnificent roses. "No, he replied, there is nothing more humiliating than looking shabby among rich people. women." (67) This is truly an act of selfishness on Mrs. Loisel's part. If she hadn't been so arrogant, she could have simply worn flowers to the party and it would have saved her a lot of trouble. Even the grandmother character in “A good man is hard to find” is very selfish in her motives. She felt she had to lie to her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren in order to see that beautiful house again. “‘There was a secret panel in this house,’ she said cunningly, not telling the truth but wishing it were, 'and it is said that the whole family were... middle of paper... comparable because, as I illustrated before, they were both selfish people. All in all, these two characters were very similar. They both had the same selfish motivations. They both wanted something and didn't care what they did to get it. They also had the same reasons for keeping their secrets hidden, they were afraid of embarrassment. And in the end they both ruined their lives. Mrs. Loisel had to be a hard working woman for 10 years, which really took a toll on her. The grandmother was killed, as was the rest of her family. If Mrs. Loisel and Grandma had told the truth from the beginning, none of this would have happened. But now, just like almost everyone in life, they were forced to pay the consequences for doing something wrong. Even though they didn't deserve the punishment they received, I guess it was all in the "luck" of the draw.