The story "The Locket" is comprised of a young girl name Octavie and the thought lost of her lover Edmond whom was a soldier in the civil war. The story opens up with Edmond sitting with a group of soldiers in their camp site. It is later revealed that while Edmond is looking up at the sky he has a flashback of a beautiful moment with his love giving him a locket with her mothers and fathers name with their marriage, he is later found dead in the story. After receiving her locket and a letter from the priest informing her about Edmonds death, Octavie felt as though her youth was taken away due to the sorrow in her heart. But soon there was a surprise and Edmond was still alive. Now i will describe how i felt about the conclusion of "The Locket". …show more content…
Edmond and the group of soldiers was attacked by the opposing army. This was predictable because it states in the story "Git your duds! you! Frenchy!" Nick was bellowing in his face. There was what appeared to be a scramble and a rush rather than any regulated movement. The hill side was alive with clatter and motion; with sudden up-springing lights among the pines. In the east the dawn was unfolding out of the darkness. Its glimmer was yet dim in the plain below." which tells me they were attacked. As i continued reading, there was a priest and a negro passing by who saw a boy lying down. As they saw him lying down, dead, the priest saw the gold locket around his neck, which he unclasped. The priest and negro knelt down, murmured the benediction and a prayer for all the dead
The writing in the novel, Ethan Frome is fantastic. The love of Ethan Frome is crystal clear. Ethan and Mattie are both believably in love and Ethan's desperation grips the reader. Zeena, I think, is the most well described of them all. She is reality itself--beyond love, beyond fate, and it is she who outlasts them all. Although I think I fell in love with both Mattie and Ethan in this story and was feeling that intense love and pain of impending separation in their last moments together, the realist in me loved the ending! Zeena, the old witch, the nagging and cunning negative hag, is the one who is the rock in the moving stream. It's so 20th century. There is something black about the ending that you have to like.
I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this
Many times in stories, authors will use the setting to set the stage for the story. The setting is like the foundation of the story, and without one the story seems merely lost. Quite often the setting will build up the story and affect the characters, and the characters behaviors. Against the backdrop of a Holocaust concentration camp, Ozick produces two static characters whose lack of development throughout the story emphasizes the theme of overwhelming hopelessness.
Born and raised in a family of storytellers, it’s no wonder that this author, Louise Erdrich became a prolific writer. Louise was born in Little Falls, Minnesota. She grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota, near the Chippewa Reservation with her mom, who had Native American roots and her dad who was of German descent. Her parents encouraged and challenged her at an early age to read, also to write stories and even paid her a nickel for each one that she wrote. Lorena Stookey states that Louise Erdrich’s style of writing is “like William Faulkner, she creates a fictional world and peoples it with multiple narrators whose voices commingle to shape her readers’ experience of that world” (Stookey 14). Louise writes this moving story “The Shawl” as she is haunted by the sorrows of the generations of her people, the Anishinaabeg. I initially saw this tale as a very complex reading, but after careful reading and consideration, saw it as a sad and compelling story.
The conclusion of Ethan Frome may seem unnecessarily sad to some, and these people may consequently not enjoy it and would prefer something different. Wharton’s decision to write the conclusion as she did, however, in no way “mars” her work to me, nor do I think it should to anyone. Contextual clues within the story hint at such an ending, so it makes sense to the story, the intended meaning of the story is achieved via the resolution, and the novel is far more unique than other love stories because of its conclusion. It not only belongs in this novel, but it enhances the story. The reviewer was correct in saying “We do not cover the eyes at the spectacle of a really great tragedy,” and at Ethan Frome, we keep the eyes open and unobstructed.
...very. Sethe kills her daughter to demonstrate her love. She exhibits her selfish pride by rejecting her own guilt. All of the characters try to repress their memories, which need to be faced and exorcised as you would a ghost. The end of this novel emphasizes the importance of the community and the individual's search for self, which characterizes the survival struggle of Black Americans. Sethe is destroyed by her memories and her isolation with the ghost of Beloved, (representing the memories of slavery) until the community intervenes and saves her.
"In just a few pages it vividly evokes a situation with which every reader especially
In the lives of many people, certain items have held great importance in those lives due to their association with elements that has an significant, if not symbolic effect on their lives, such as association with past memories, events, or people. The locket presented in The Locket by Kate Chopin is one that binds the themes of love, loss, the chaos of war together throughout the entire story. I believe that the locket is symbolic the motif of love in part I, and loss in part II of the story separately, this is due to shift in focus of the characters from Edmond to Octavie in the story, and the relative situation and circumstance presented in each section. I believe the locket is symbolic of the motif of love in part I due to the significance that the locket is to Edmond. In part I, we see a flash back of Edmond to the day of departure, where Octavie gave him the locket, and here we see that the locket is explained to be of great importance to Octavie as it was her most precious earthly possession. The locket is important not for just it's monetary value, but the emotional attachment of its associated memories, as it was a miniature of her mother and father and the date of their marriage, an important date in the lives of many people in many culture, a culmination and climax of devotion and love. The effect of this gift was to demonstrate the depth of love Octavie had for Edmond, as Edmond in return understand the significance of the item for Octavie as shown in his flashback. This is further compounded by the significance the locket as a memorabilia of an important event, the marriage of Octavie's parents, as the item is to act as an remembrance for the un...
Edmond and Octavie never wanted to be apart. The locket was given to Edmond from Octavie to keep him safe
Around the world, values are expressed differently. Some people think that life is about the little things that make them happy. Others feel the opposite way and that expenses are the way to live. In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, he develops a character, Madame Loisel, who illustrates her different style of assessments. Madame Loisel, a beautiful woman, lives in a wonderful home with all the necessary supplies needed to live. However, she is very unhappy with her life. She feels she deserves a much more expensive and materialistic life than what she has. After pitying herself for not being the richest of her friends, she goes out and borrows a beautiful necklace from an ally. But as she misplaces the closest thing she has to the life she dreams of and not telling her friend about the mishap, she could have set herself aside from ten years of work. Through many literary devices, de Maupassant sends a message to value less substance articles so life can be spent wisely.
In conclusion, the ending of “The Locket” is very predictable. This is because of three main reasons. First the locket was valuable and other soldiers noticed and admired it, suggesting the possibility that people may want to steal it. Secondly, the story never directly says the dead body is Edmond, and the description of the body does not seem to match Edmond. Finally the judge gives several clues, and even directly suggests that the dead will come back. Hence, with careful reading, the ending of the story is
I was surprised that Edmund was alive at the end because in the beginning, it seems that everyone is dead and the locket is taken off a dead soldier. Even though the locket is said to be a charm, after the battle, it seems the only people left on the field are dead. The priest finds one of the dead soldiers with the locket around his neck, and since the locket was Edmund’s the priest thinks the dead soldier is Edmund and sends the locket to Octavie.
In the short story “The Necklace”, the main character, Loisel, is a woman who dreams of greater things in her life. She is married to a poor clerk who tries his best to make her happy no matter what. In an attempt to try to bring happiness to his wife, he manages to get two invitations to a very classy ball, but even in light of this Loisel is still unhappy. Even when she gets a new dress she is still unhappy. This lasts until her husband suggests she borrows some jewelry from a friend, and upon doing so she is finally happy. Once the ball is over, and they reach home, Loisel has the horrible realization that she has lost the necklace, and after ten years of hard labor and suffering, they pay off debts incurred to get a replacement. The central idea of this story is how something small can have a life changing effect on our and others life’s. This idea is presented through internal and external conflicts, third person omniscient point of view, and the round-dynamic character of Loisel. The third person limited omniscient point-of-view is prevalent throughout this short story in the way that the author lets the reader only see into the main character’s thoughts. Loisel is revealed to the reader as being unhappy with her life and wishing for fancier things. “She suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries.” (de Maupassant 887) When her husband tries to fancy things up, “she thought of dainty dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry which peopled the walls…” (de Maupassant 887) As the story goes on her point of view changes, as she “now knew the horrible existence of the needy. She took her part, moreover all of a sudden, with heroism.” (de Maupassant 891) Having the accountability to know that the “dreadful debt must be paid.” (de Maupassant 891 ) This point-of-view is used to help the reader gain more insight to how Loisel’s whole mindset is changed throughout her struggle to pay off their debts. Maupassant only reveals the thoughts and feelings of these this main character leaving all the others as flat characters. Loisel is a round-dynamic character in that Maupassant shows how she thought she was born in the wrong “station”. “She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was as unhappy as though she had really fallen from her proper station.
The story shows you how an unexpected twist in the plot can affect the whole out of the story. The story is about a woman, who has heart problems, and she learns about his death, and when she finds out he is alive she dies of joy the doctors think. Also, this story shows you how women were treated back in the 1800’s. The USA has changed dramatically over time because women are treated equal. Therefore, the moral is to never not expect the unexpected, and all ways treat others with respect because it could hurt you or others.
I felt mournful, shocked and sympathetic while reading the last half of the novel. Lucy is independent of her parents and live in a small farm alone for many years. David stays in contact with Lucy by telephone and Lucy always tries her best to assure him that everything is well. She finds she is pregnant with a child after she is raped, she does not tell David and try to cover up the facts at the beginning. Then Lucy tells David that she is pregnant when David comes back. David thinks Lucy takes care of everything but she does not take the method her father hints. Lucy says that she is unwilling to have an abortion because she has already had an abortion in the past. This event makes David and me surprised and I felt harrowing about