English 12: New personal response for The Locket, by Kate ChopinIn many people's lives, certain elements have had great importance in those lives because of their association with elements that have a significant, even symbolic, effect on their lives, such as an association with past memories, events or people. The locket featured in Kate Chopin's The Locket connects the themes of love, loss, and the chaos of war throughout the story. I believe that the medallion symbolizes the motif of love in the first part and loss in the second part of the story separately, this is due to the change of orientation of the characters from Edmond to Octavie in the story, as well as the relative situation and circumstances presented. in each section. I believe the locket symbolizes the motif of love in part one because of the importance the locket holds for Edmond. In part one we see a flashback of Edmond to the day of departure, where Octavie gave him the medallion, and here we see that the medallion is explained as being of great importance to Octavie as it was his the most precious earthly good. The locket is important not only for its monetary value, but also for the emotional attachment to the associated memories, as it was a miniature of his mother and father and the date of their marriage, an important date in the lives of many people in many cultures. a culmination and culmination of devotion and love. The effect of this gift was to demonstrate the depth of love Octavie had for Edmond, as Edmond in return understood the meaning of the object to Octavie, as shown in his flashback. This is further compounded by the importance of the locket as a memento of an important event, the marriage of Octavie's parents, as the object is intended to serve as a memento middle of paper......e, and the locket is now the source of this grief because it is now associated with the death of her lover. At the end of the story, it is revealed that Edmond survived the war and returned to her, and amazed by this miraculous return, Octavie is described as having regained her youth and life, thus showing the depth of her love and its bond. to Edmond, and it is explained in the heat and confusion of battle and retreat, the medallion was stolen from Edmond by one of his comrades. This is significant because the chaos of the grim battlefield caused the loss of the medallion and the loss of a simple boy who, in his death, again playing on the motives of loss and the effects of war, causing death other people who are not. endowed with the fortune necessary to survive and come back from the misfortunes of war. And with that, the medallion links love and loss to the effects of war..