What was your reaction to the surprise ending?

 I do believe that inside each one of us there is that feeling of showing off. Thus, in many cases of our life experience we mistake reality for appearance. This surprise ending comes to awaken us, to shock us, to tell us that nothing in the world equals a moment of being honest to ourselves. This ending teaches us also to plan for our dreams and not to run after our tricky ambitions. Happiness never built upon deception; deception of ourselves and of others and that achieving our goals by ignoring others' can not result in self-satification. On the contrary, it leads to miseries that Mme and Mr Loisel. This ending also lays stress on the role of the community in shaping or adapting its individuals' ambitions. I think if Mme Loisel had found in herband a wise character she might have been convinced to go to the party without that damned necklace and their life might have been changed to better instead of spending ten years in utmost suffering thinking ridiculously thinking they are heroes!!!!!!