Dead Man's Pocket Case Study

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Have you ever had a time where you were trapped outside a window that was 11 story up on a ledge the width of a foot? Well, I never had but this guy named tom from “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets” did. And the reason why he went out there in the first place was to get a piece of paper that had 2 months’ work on it. For tom, that’s a long time because that day that tom went out was the day he decided to detach his wife and stay home and work.

He figured it would make an interesting story to tell at the office, as well as “add a special interest and importance to his memorandum”. At first, he was cautious but steady. As he looked at the street below, with rushing cars and neon signs, he felt an intense pang of fear, from realizing just where he was. He trembled, and envisioned himself falling, his life flashing before his eyes. In his panic, he dumps his pockets into the street below, and thinks about his life, in regards to what he has in his pockets. “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets…a wasted life”.

His paper he is working on gets picked up by the wind and landed on a stone ledge between two buildings. Tom panics thinking how much time and effort he has put into his paper. Trying to find a way to get the paper back, leads him to think the only way he could get it is if gets it himself. He climbs out with only one thing on his mind, his paper. After climbing out and getting the paper he looks down and starts to get anxiety thinking of what he

The short story, “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” is a simply told story, of a man, Tom Benecke who is faced with many decisions in a short amount of time. One night when he is trying to work, one of his more important sheet of notes flies out of his apartment into the dark abyss of New York but it caught by the ledge outside of his room. As his greed and hunger for business status and money take over his mind and body, he finds himself on the edge of his apartment trying to retrieve a paper necessary for finishing his work. While outside, he begins to reevaluate the truly important things in his life and realizes that his work should be second behind only his family and his new wife. Through the series of events that occurs, the readers are able to see Tom’s transformation from a dedicated, self-centered business man, to a loving, supportive husband.

In the beginning, Tom’s ambitions at the beginning are to be successful and to bring in a lot of money for his family. Tom really wants to go to the movies with his wife, but feels conflicted to be with his wife, but wants to get a higher position at work by putting in extra hours for work. For example, “he was tempted to go with her; it was not actually true that he had to work tonight, though he very much wanted to,” Tom is putting his wife at the bottom of his priorities and work as his main priority. After being out on the ledge, his desires change. Tom realizes his true wish is to be safe, in warmth and to be in company with his wife. For example, he wished, then, that he had not allowed his wife to go off by herself tonight and on similar nights.He thought of all the evening he had spent away from her,working; and regretted them.” He was so caught up in his fantasies and too ambitious to appreciate what really matters to

Tom’s character is very controlling and possessive guy. Tom always gets his with anything and everything he does in life. People saw him as a rich and conceited person. His social attitudes are based on racism and sexism. He constantly sits there and flaunts Daisy for everything, but still has respect for her. He bashes

Tom’s Primary Reactions to the incident were despair and guilt. On the night of the accident, Tom cannot face his brother and is most afraid of Fin. In the wake of the carnage caused by accident, Tom experiences a different kind of fear Formerly popular, outgoing and successful, Tom finds it hard to be hated. What fears him the most is exposure, and humiliation it brings him. When Kylie tells the family’s secret in her school presentation, Tom is frightened he will have to endure the same vitriolic and public shaming that occurred in Mumbilli. He is paralysed by a sense of guilt: Daniel his brother and he could have stopped the incident from happening. The “letter of remorse” sent by nicoles family to the Brennan’s is particularly

Out of nowhere, Tom’s paper flew out the window. The paper he had been working on for four Saturdays! Not knowing what to do, Tom was thinking about the ways he could get his paper. Then he talked himself into getting the paper. Tom did not want to go and start a new paper, because it would take him at least two months to copy it. Therefore, it was a smart idea to go on the ledge of an eleven story building and retrieve the paper.

So Tom did the only thing he could run right towards him. And at the last second he saw the guy pull something out of his pocket, something shiny. He had thought the man had pulled a gun. And right before he could get a good look, he was pulled in an alleyway by a mysterious figure. And he could barely hear a voice say, “Hurry”. And after hearing that and not knowing where it came from was hesitant before going through the door that had flew open. But he didn’t have much of a chance to go back out on the open streets where two men are running towards this alley to get him for no apparent reason. So he entered and when he finally got to the spot where two men were sitting, he heard the two men chasing him yelling for him to come out. So the two men sitting beside Tom said to go upstairs; that they’d deal with these two men. So he ran upstairs and heard the four men arguing. And then he heard two large bangs! He knew that the two nice men were shot, and heard those two murderers coming up the stairs for him. So he tried to barricade the door, but they were about to push through. So he looked for an exit, and the only place he saw was the window. So Tom took a deep

Tom chooses to work on his project rather than go out with his wife to the cinema. Although to his surprise, he sees that his very important piece of yellow paper is blown out of his window, and onto the ledge outside of his wall. Since he didn’t want to lose all of his hard work. He climbs out of his window and goes to get the piece of paper. He manages to succeed, and re-enters his apartment window by breaking it. After he’s back inside, he puts the piece of paper on his desk, and gets ready to go out and catch up with his wife. His previous near-death experience has made him realize that he needs to spend more time with his wife. When he opens his door to leave the same piece of paper flies off

His starting off with this quote allows the reader to sense that reality would play an important part in this play. 2. Tom is a very contradictive character. On one hand, he writes poetry and dreams of adventure. On the other hand, he seems to be trapped in the household with his mother and sister.

The second Character in this story that I don’t really like is Tom. He is sturdy, arrogant, he is very enormous,

Society expects men to work and bring home the money while women stay home to clean and cook. Tom has a job at a factory. He works there all day to come home to a mother who never thinks anything is enough. Toms feelings are