The fictional story, The Locket, was written by Kate Chopin. It is a story about a confederate soldier named Edmond and his lover Octavie. The story takes place in 1861-1865 during the civil war. The confederates were camped out on a hill during the war. Edmond is lying down by a campfire and his comrade Ned was asking him about the locket his lover Octavie gave him. He falls asleep reading his letter thinking Octavie and woke up to an ambush by the non-confederate soldiers. After the battle it’s unclear who lived and who died. The story makes the reader think that all of the soldiers die in battle. It starts from the point of view of a black vulture watching the battle from the trees. He realizes what he was looking at was not children