Literary Analysis Of The Locket

Edmond was at war and someone had stolen the locket that Octavia gave to him that had her parent’s picture and wedding date in. I feel the author made this book very cleverly and different than most other authors. I was for sure that Edmond was dead when they had said a man with a golden locket had died but really someone just stole the locket and he was alive all the time. I feel joyful about this because now Octavia can be happy and enjoy her youth at the same time.

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.

At the conclusion of The Locket Edmond told Octavie that he didn't lose the locket but that it was stolen from him. I found the ending confusing but after reading it over I found the ending predictable. The conclusion of the locket was predictable because of three major details. The locket being stolen was predictable because the lockets description, Edmond's messmates, and Edmond's battles as a Confederate soldier. The locket was stolen for its overall value.

In the short story The Locket, it is believed that the author Chaplains writing style has kept the readers guessing throughout the story. Many would agree that the ending of the story was a shocker and few expected that conclusion. They would agree that the father-in-law proceeding with the funeral arrangements supporting the assumption the deceased person in the coffin was Edmund because he had the locket around his neck played into the authors plot twist. People would also say that the end of the story was intriguing, especially when Octavia opened the letter from the priest, returning her locket to her expressing his sorrow of the death of her husband Edmund. Only to find out at the very end Edmund was not dead and he was waiting for her at the door.

Four confederate soldiers where talking over the fire while waiting for orders from Edmond. Edmond had on a necklace and the other soldiers noticed and asked about it. Edmond told them it was a catholic token to protect him from danger, and it has protected him the whole time he's been at war. He told them that Octavia had given it to him. The locket contained a picture of he parents and the date they were married. Later that evening war broke out and a clergyman walked into the aftermath of the war trying to save the souls of people that may be alive. He saw a soldier with a locket and tore it away from him. He sent the locket with a letter to whoever was closest to the person that the locket belonged to.

The conclusion to this short story was interesting because in the end when Octavie thought about the boy that was found with the locket, she must have been thinking about if his family would ever know what happened to him. This ending keeps me thinking about if anyone would ever know he died. This ending ties the whole story together because it shows why the author described some things vaguely such as: the soldier lying in the ground with the locket, what happened in the battle, and the “children playing”.

The ending from the Locket caught me by surprise. It was unexpected because the story begins while in combat as Ned is reading the letter. While reading the letter he was remembering the way that Octavie was dressed and how she took off the locket and gave to him so that he would be or feel safe while in combat. Personally I thought that this was their last good-bye and they were now being separated for good. The Locket is a short story about a young couple and true love for one another.

It is widely accepted that the American Revolution was quite different for its time. Some may argue the English revolution was similar in a sense of greatly reducing the power of monarchy, however at this time there had not been many quite like it in the sense of a revolution completely doing away with monarchy. In this revolution we saw a rising movement from the people to oppose monarchy and demand a rule by the people. In this revolution we saw average people rise to take arms against King George after being inspired by literary works of revolutionary figureheads. Most commonly in the form of pamphlets, these literary masterpieces demanded change and spurred others to become passionate revolutionaries hell-bent on liberty. Lines were drawn and this movement soon became in full swing thanks to revolutionaries such as: Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. Their literary propaganda constantly drew more supporters and sympathizers to the cause day after day. There is one thing however all their literary works have in common. They all are inspired by the same man. A common ancestor of a sorts, almost all of their literary works are heavily influenced by a British man named John Locke who died nearly a hundred years before the revolution began! Almost all of this revolution propaganda is Lockean,and derives from his principles and beliefs. In a sense he is in turn one of the most uncredited authors of his time

The ending to "The Locket" was very predictable. Everything comes to an end and it wouldn't of had been much of an interesting story if they always had the locket. The way how they loved the locket so much made me think that the author might make something happen to the locket so they won't have it anymore. When Edmond said, " i don't know how I could have gone through this year without it. " It really gave me the impression that the locket was going to disappear some how. If the locket was always there, it would of had been a boring story.

The Trent Affair has finally come to an end. Today is January 1st. James Mason and John Slidell have been released from Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts. This means that things are a bit calmer and there won't be a huge battle. I can rest for a few days. Today is now January 10th, some news had arisen today that the Union President Lincoln, had a meeting, in which he stated that if George McClellan, an Officer in the army who was ill at the time, won’t use the army, then he (Lincoln) will. This was not good news for the Confederates. We need to win this war, and Lincoln and his armies are in our way, defeating them is becoming more and more difficult. I heard today about the Battle of Middle Creek. Some

The Locket was a great story and I often pondered what happened to Edmond in the end. I had to reread it multiple times because it all hit me at once and I could not grasp it all. One thing said in the story that threw me off where when Edmond had a dream foreshadowing his death by the serpent. Two others where when the Priest came along and Octavia's grief. I think these where the three main key points that really helped the end be such a surprise.

Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels’ The Communist Manifesto were each written roughly hundreds of years apart, but they all seem to connect as a whole. The differences in ideas and opinions each author shared can only lead the reader to question how each author would criticize the writings of their counterparts. For example, where Machiavelli would write about what it took to be a powerful leader, Locke would focus on what it took to be a fair leader. Additionally, one could say that Marx and Engels challenged Locke’s views on ownership of private property.

The conclusion of the Locket had an amazing plot twist at the end of the short story. The author Kate Chopin does a remarkable job at convincing the reader into believing that Edmund was dead and love was lost. However, the author drops clues for the return of Edmund with the usage of symbols and hints. With careful reading one can predict Edmund’s return. This essay will show that the ending is predictable when one takes pays attention to the Judge’s mysterious initial passage, the author’s emphasis on the setting and the Judge’s final words.

The second thing that I was surpassed about is this story contains a lot of foreshadowing that some irony is going to pop up, especially if one is familiar with Kate Chopin’s writing. She always has an ironic twist at the end of the story. So when Octavie is riding along with her lover’s father and he asks her to remove her mourning veil, the reader gets the idea that there must be some reason. Then, he tells her

Edmond, a dear loved one of Octavie, was assumingly dead. This was a part of “The Locket”, close to the conclusion in fact. A priest found a locket, which was given to Edmond from Octavie, on a dead unidentifiable man that was found on a battlefield. This gave me the allusion that Edmond ha deceased and as the locket was sent back to Octavie with a letter describing what the priest seen and where he found the locket, which convinced the dear girl that the man she loved has died. Octavie was engaged to Edmond and was grieving his death, wearing black, talking to his father Judge Pillier, and rereading the letter that was sent to her. As the ending of the story drew near, small hints, such as Judge Pillier saying “Do you not think that on a day