The Locket By Octavie

The ending to the short story "The Locket" was a happy surprise. What left me in suspense was when Octavie was already planning on how she'd live the rest of her life without Edmond. Also in the short story they added personification of the bird. The bird explained it's point of view on what was happening which made me believe that Edmond was dead. Finally, finding out that Edmond was alive was a surprise.short story Octavie explains how Edmond is holding her again. All of these actions led me to believe that Edmond was dead.

In the short story, "The Locket" Octavie found out that her lover was dead.What led me to believe that Edmond was really dead was Octavie's grief. She was very upset with the news. She was angry at the world. It was a beautiful spring day and she didn't understand why everything around her kept going when she was in so much grief. She wore all black to show her devotion to her dead lover. She even decided to live the rest of her life like her Aunt Tavie, a sad old maid. She didn't want to enjoy her life and she did not want to fall in love again. Her sadness and all her actions made me believe Edmond was really dead.
A bird seems to be explaining it's point of view. The bird thinks that then men are boys playing and decides to stay and watch the battle. The bird later realizes what's going on. Then we find out that many men died. A priest and a black man go to a specific body and pick up the