 How does the meaning of the engraved ring change throughout the story?
HOMECOMING BY MIGUEL HIDALGO What lasts forever? Images began to appear, drawn from inexhaustible files, wherein are kept all thoughts, past, present, and future.... She held the ring up to the light and read aloud, "It is forever." She took off the locket she wore about her neck and held it up to the shimmering light, letting it spin at the end of its chain. When he opened it, he found a picture of her in one side, and in the other a picture of the children. Three days later they had landed in Spain, merged with another division, then crossed the Pyrenees into France, and finally to Paris where the fighting had begun.
 At first it is a declaration of commitment, but soon shows that its pledge exists in death, becoming a haunting symbol of how love doesn’t last forever.
 At first it is a declaration of everlasting love, but soon shows that its pledge exists
past death, becoming a haunting symbol of how love can bleed into death.  At first it is a declaration of everlasting love, but soon shows that its pledge exists
past death, becoming a haunting symbol what can happen when love isn’t returned home.  At first it is a declaration of everlasting marriage, but soon shows that its pledge even exists in war, becoming a symbol of how love can survive death and overcome all trials.  At first it is a declaration of commitment, but soon shows that its pledge exists in death, becoming a haunting symbol of how love doesn’t last forever.