Kate Chopin's The Locket

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“The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.” ― Richard Paul Evans, The Locket. In the locket by Kate Chopin I was not surprised by the ending. But I did really enjoyed the story it was very entertaining. I feel Kate Chopin did an amazing job telling the story.

At the beginning of the story she starts off talking about the four soldiers. They all were talking about the locket. One of the soldiers joke about the locket and say that it is a magical Catholic to protect Edmond, Edmond jokingly agreed. Edmond woke up to commotion and yelling of Nick (one of the four soldiers in the beginning).

Then a battle

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