The Lesson to be Learned from the Short Story "The Necklace"

The question in my literature book for English class that i am answering is, Do people still chase after wealth and social status today? Do you think the pursuit of status is worthwhile? In my opinion i think that mostly everybody chases after wealth and a high social status.  In our society today social status is a big deal and if you don't have a very high one or none at all then you just "aren't important.," which is not true.  The pursuit of social status is rewarding at times but it is more hard work to strive to be important than to focus on working for it and not worrying about it.  If you become rich sure you will be able to buy most things that would make you happy and make you enjoy yourself, but you would never truly find real happiness because you just don't know if your wife/husband/friends really love you for you, or just your money and physical objects.  If you don't care about your status then most of the time your friends and family will love and accept you for who you really are, not just what you have.  Most people in our world do not think this way, which is why they are always disappointed and not actually that happy. If you are too greedy then you will lose the people who truly care about you because you will take them for granted, kind of like what the women did in the short story, "The Necklace."