'A Literary Analysis Of The Locket'

“The Locket” begins with a group of Confederate soldiers surrounding a campfire after a long and tiresome day of battle. One soldier in particular, Edmond, is seen staring at a golden locket in utter silence. The other men tease that inside of the locket hold a picture of the woman he loves, though Edmond never responds. Another soldier jokes that this piece of jewelry is some sort of good luck token for Edmond since he has never been injured since the battle began. Soon the readers find out that the locket actually belong to a woman named Octavie, Edmond’s lover, and soon find out that a priest returned the locket to Octavive before Edmond came home. This is surely a sign of Edmonds death, but at the end of the story Octavie finds herself

From Aristotle to John Locke to Thomas Jefferson, the ideas of great philosophers influenced the foundations of the United States. When Jefferson began writing the Declaration of Independence, he wanted to make this new country based on the basic fundamentals. He wanted to base the country on what was considered the natural laws. Jefferson had many philosophical minds to ponder when writing the document, such as Aristotle and most importantly John Locke.

John Locke was perhaps one of the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Second Treatise of Government, John Locke discusses the move from a state of nature and perfect freedom to a then governed society in which authority is given to a legislative and executive power. His major ideas included liberalism and capitalism, state of nature, state of war and the desire to protect one’s property.

With the exception of Native Americans, there is no race of people that originated in America. Yet today, we all come together under the colors of red, white and blue, sing the National Anthem and call ourselves "Americans". Despite our differences in religion, norms, values, national origins, our pasts, and our creeds, we all combine under one common denominator. Alain Locke addresses this issue of cultural pluralism in his article, "Who and What is `Negro'?" In this article, Locke states that, "There is, in brief, no `The Negro'. " By this, he means that blacks are not a uniform and unchanging body of people. He emphasizes that we, as Americans, need to mentally mature to a point where we do not view

The locket is a great short story about two lovers and one sent off to war (Edmund), while his significant other (Octavie) stays home and waits for his arrival. One tragic day she sees that Edmund’s body is in a casket. He has died. Judge Pillier helps her grieving. But her grieving may be enough for him to cheer her up. But is Octavie asking for more than she can bite off?

John Locke and the Second Treatise is simply a section of his great works on his different views on certain issues within the government . Chapter one begins with Locke restating what his arguments were in the First Treatise. Locke also gives his position on Sir Robert Filmer’s teachings. Locke’s first point was that Adam did not have authority over his children nor over the world which would have been given from God. There is no possible way for someone to claim they are in relation to Adam based off of a supposed source of evidence. Being that Adam does not have actual indication of his family lineage, there is no proof that Adam or any supposedly family member, would have the power to rule anyway. In chapter one Locke also states his definition

The whole family had been cursed since I had lost that locket. My mother’s locket was given to me the day after she died. My mom’s best friend, the cook, had given it to me. I would wear it everywhere, and I wouldn't take it off for anything. I was very close with my mom, and we would do everything together, we would climb trees and run around outside, even if it was known as unladylike. She died last year in a car crash. I’m Marianne Maladroit and now that I've lost the locket, my family is destined to fail.

The chapter five of The Broadview anthology of social and political thought: Essential readings deals with John Locke beliefs over property. The following paper summarizes his key ideas and discusses them as well as applying them to today’s society. The chapter starts with Locke referring to the Bible which stats that God gave the earth to Adam and his heirs. This insinuates that property is only reserved for the monarchy. Locke disagrees and spends the following chapter arguing that property is for humanity as a whole.

In the story the locket, it tells the tale of two lovers, one at war, and the other at home. By the middle of the story we come to realize the on the slope of the hill there was a small battle it says people died but we aren’t sure who. We then see the other wearing black and mourning for her lover who, see thinks is dead. She keeps his locket and keeps reading the priest letter. She then visits her loves father wearing a black veil to mourn. The father tells her to take off the veil and to stop mourning, she takes offence greatly only to find out he’s not dead but alive.

I looked down at the golden locket. It was round, engraved with intricate twisting designs. In the middle was a crest of an upside-down triangle with a pair wings openly spread. Out of the golden item only the wings were silver, and they glinted under the sunlight. I was tracing the outline with my finger, when a lock came

In the crazy, adventurous novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Ralph stands out to be one of the bravest characters. He may not always be the wisest, but he has the courage to step up to be the leader. "Jack's in charge of the choir. They can be—what do you want them be?" (14). John Locke would be proud of the split power that Ralph decided to do. While Ralph is in charge, Jack takes care of hunting. He is reasonable, unlike Jack who is irresponsible and selfish, like when he takes down the fire just to use it to hunt a pig.

My feelings about "The Locket" was i felt like the conclusion and the ending is a happy one and i also believed the young soldier had been killed in battle. I cannot say I was surprised but it was a bit surprising, I did not believe that the locket might have been stolen, nor did I believe it had been lost along the way. The first detail that led me to believe Edmond might be alive was Judge Pillier's mention of miracles that was the moment I realized the ending would be a happy one.

In the short story “The Locket,” the author tells the story of soldiers during a war.The ending of “The Locket” was a surprise because the author lead the reader to believe that the locket was only worn by the main character, Edmond. Edmond’s appearance at the end was not what the reader expected.

John Locke is one of the most influential enlightenment thinkers. The English philosopher, political theorist and physician is known best as “the father of liberalism”. He believes that the human nature is, in general, good. He believes that we are rational, reasonable and cooperative beings. Locke states that humans follow a set of natural laws despite the culture, language or race. Examples of these natural laws include no stealing, no harassment and helping those in need. Locke believes that we need to appoint a specific group of people in power who will address the group’s general needs. Since Locke believed that we are rational and reasonable the government should be rather limited.

“You don’t look busy,” he said as he gave a look around the room, “Besides, what can be better than spending time with me?” “Anything,” I said as I gave him a dead serious face. Ignoring the subject, John began towards my kitchen. “You have a nice house red,” he said as he sat at the kitchen table, “are ready to start?” “Do I have to remind you whose house this is?,” I said as I watched the locket on the table. Leaning back on the kitchen chair, John said, “Come on. Don’t be so stiff-.” Clank, made the locket as it hit the