'The Locket' By Kate Chopin

In "The Locket" by Kate Chopin the conclusion is predictable. Kate Chopin has a history of writing short ironic stories. In "The Locket" four Confederate soldiers sit near a campfire waiting for battle orders, two of the men questions Edmond about his locket. They jokingly agree that it must be a charm since he has not been injured in over a year of fighting. The locket was a parting gift from Edmond's beloved Octovie .

After a heated battle the next day, a priest discovers the locket around a young man's throat and subsequently returns it to Octavie. The next spring, Octavie and Edmond's father go on a morning coach ride to enjoy the season. Judge Pillier asks Octavie to remove her veil. Although she resents the implication that she should not also mourn. When they return to the Pillier residence
It was told that the locket had some sort of power.I thought that the locket was going to keep the soldier safe or some sort of protection.

Another event that gave it up is on that nice day when Octavie is riding with her lovers father and he asks her to take of the veil , it had to be a reason why. He then says to her "One can almost believe in Miracles. The miracle was that the one with the locket wasn't her lover. So to see that that soldier was dead with a locket around his neck something had to be twisted. The soldier was not her lover.

My feelings about the conclusion of "The Locket" was some what predictable. The Locket was made to have a ironic end. Kate uses a lot of irony in her stories. Her stories do not deal with significant events. They focus on private dramas where people find themselves in difficult situations. Her task was to step outside the commotion of the crowd and observe the fascinating patterns of the