'The Locket' By Kate Chopin

"The Locket is a short story written by Kate Chopin,set during the civil war. The civil war was the war between the Southern states and the Northern states over slavery.The story centers around two main characters Edmond and Octavia whom love each other. The story will focus on their love for each other and the loyalty that exists between them. There is a surprising ending to the story,because of the way they are united after Octavia thinks her lover Edmond has been killed in the war when a preacher brings her father the locket she had gave to Edmond after he takes it off the body of a dead soldier.The story shows the strong love and loyalty they have for each other.When Edmond is called to go to war, Octavia,whom loves Edmond is sad,because …show more content…
In conclusion,the story was great and the ending was good,since Edmond told Octavia that someone had stolen the locket from him and it must have been the dead soldier,whom was mistaken for Edmond because he had the locket on his body.So Edmond and Octavia were able to live a happy life of love,we surmise that and actually the locket turned out to be Edmond's good luck charm after all.The writer actually kept the suspense in the story until the end because she never mentioned that Octavia had given Edmond the locket at the begining of the story,only when Edmond went to sleep and was dreaming of Octavia did the reader know of the locket and that it was given to him by Octavia. To the reader there was no predictability on what the outcome would be,because after the dream knowing the locket belonged to Edmond and then was found on a dead soldier the only thing the reader would think was the soldier was Edmond and he was killed in