<em>short and simple. </em>
Too many short simple sentences can make your writing appear unsophisticated and your ideas seem disconnected.
I won't write a whole paragraph but i'll list the symbolism. The gold represents the purity and value they had at the time, the hair of the wife represents the youth the woman once had, and the chain represented the emotional attachment she had for her husband.
Third person, a lot use this perspective so you can see what every character is doing.