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The Thief Of The Locket Analysis

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Overall the Locket is rather sad and a little difficult to understand at first, but the happy ending is vastly different from the rest of the story as it more easy to understand and also is hopeful and shows life rather than death. This leaves the reader feeling good about the story at the end. The first time I read the story, I was very shocked by the ending. However, I liked the story so much that I read it 4 or 5 times. After reading it more carefully, I realized that the ending is very predictable. From the very start until the end, it is constantly foreshadowing the ending. Moreover, the clues to the stories ending start very subtle and small, and get more obvious as one continues to read.

The story starts with four soldiers gathered around a camp fire. Two of them were questioning Edmond about his locket. One of the two even joked that it was like a charm that helped keep him safe during the war. Also, there is one more soldier who does not talk. Although the non-talking character goes nearly unnoticed at the start, we find out at the end that the non-speaking soldier is likely the thief of the locket. …show more content…

It was clear that the soldiers admired the locket and that it was valuable, so it would not be too hard to imagine someone stealing it. Moreover, Edmond has a dream with “a serpent coiling around his throat”. It could be interpreted that he dreamed of the serpent when the locket was being removed from his

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