Tragic Keepsake: Difference between revisions

* Will Parry (''[[His Dark Materials]]'') grew up hearing tales about his brave father, the explorer, and was told by his mother that he would grow up to "take on his father's mantle." He does this quite literally. (However, it's not made explicit how long he keeps or wears the mantle itself. Hmmm....)

* From ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Deathly Hallows'', the fake Horcrux Harry and Dumbledore had gone to such great lengths to retrieve from the cave:

** This is also an example of the hero not keeping the keepsake; it ends up being a [[Chekhov's Gun]] instead, when Harry gives it to Kreacher, an act that results in the house-elf that had loathed Harry and his friends becoming one of his most loyal allies.

* In ''[[False Memory]]'' by Dean Koontz, Dr. Ahriman has {{spoiler|his fathers eyes in a jar. Not as a reminder of some past wrong, however, but rather because he is a [[Complete Monster]] who killed his father and stole his father's eyes in an attempt to understand his own inability to cry and subsequent fetish for tears}}