Should Jimmy Valentine Stay Free

If Jimmy were to open the vault Annabel would figure out his past and not want to be with him. But Jimmy being the considerate man he really is, he busts out his tools and opens up the vault saving Agatha. “With that act, Ralph D. Spence passed away and Jimmy Valentine took his place.’’ This piece of text evidence shows how different Jimmy the man who committed crimes, is from Ralph a nice, considerate, and non-selfish man who has found the love of his life. In “Thank You Ma’am” the main conflict is Roger has nobody to care for him, causing him to not make the best decision of trying to steal from an innocent lady on the street.

Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is sent to war, but is leaving behind someone he loves. Jimmy is in love with Martha, but the love between them isn’t the same. Jimmy loves her and would wish to marry her, but Martha doesn’t love him in the same way and doesn’t want to be with him. Jimmy carries photographs of Martha with him at all times. Martha is consistently on his mind, which distracts him from his duties in the military. One day, the men are out in combat and as always, Jimmy is thinking about Martha. Ted Lavender is scared of the war and carries 34 rounds of ammo with him. While they were out in combat, Lavender gets shot, collapses, and dies. Lieutenant Cross emerged from daydreaming and felt the pain of Lavenders death. He came to realize he was to blame for the death of Ted

Trying to make ends meet, he turns to selling drugs. By the time Jimmy finds love ones more and decides to settle down tragedy occurs. Trying to escaping from a drug bust at a friend’s house his attempts end up with a conviction for murder. Due to his illiteracy, Jimmy couldn’t read the false accusations he never committed.

On the day Ted Lavender was killed, Jimmy was in his fantasies of those for Martha. Hence, Jimmy feels that Ted died because of his negligence of security. He blamed his love for Martha for Lavender’s death. “thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted is dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her” (O’Brien, 332). He was the in-charge of all the men with him. Jimmy will carry the guilt of Lavender’s death with himself along with all the things he was carrying throughout the war. “He felt shame. He hated himself. He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead, and this was something he would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest of the war” (O’Brien, 338). In wars people get killed from both the sides and no one is responsible for the death of others, and so is it with Jimmy. Even if he wasn’t thinking about Martha he couldn’t had done much to save Ted’s life. Ted had gone for the bathroom when he got shot by the enemy. These soldiers were young, they had no idea of strategies of wars, nor what they were exactly looking for during their march in different villages.

Ted Lavender, which was one of the men in Jimmy’s platoon was shot in the head on his way back from using the restroom. This incident leads jimmy to have numerous feelings of regret and remorse. He thought about what happened time and time again, thinking about what he could’ve done that day Ted Lavender was killed. His mind wandered (O’Brein, “Carried” 275). Jimmy often had trouble keeping his attention on the war (O’Brein, “Carried” 275). Martha, was on his mind constantly day in a day out. He sometimes thought of Martha’s smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her (O’Brien, “Carried” 274). Shame is what Jimmy had started to take upon himself. Loving Martha more than his men was the main reason his acceptance of the blame because he believed it was initially his own mistake. Consequently, when a man dies there is usually blame on some part whether it be nature or some other factor in life. Jimmy cross understood this notion. He could blame the war. He could blame Kiowa for going to it. He could blame the enemy. He could blame god. He could blame an old women in Omaha who forgot to vote. Jimmy Cross could’ve put the blame on any one of those factors; instead he put the blame on himself because he began to realize he needed to go forward in life, and change how he lead his

Aside from abandoning the letters and pictures, Jimmy Cross also abandons his innocence. He wants to concentrate on the responsibilities of leading his men, for "he was now determined to perform his duties firmly and without negligence." The new lieutenant Cross would dispose of the good luck pebble, issue "new SOP's, and would confiscate the remainder of Lavender's dope. Overall, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross would accept the blame for what had happened to Ted

Why Jimmy Valentine from “A Retrieved Reformation” is a Good Character I argue that Jimmy Valentine from “A Retrieved Reformation” is a good character. He is a good character for the following reasons. Firstly, Jimmy gives money to a blind man. Secondly, Jimmy frees a little girl from a safe.

Jimmy Valentine was trying to live a moral life because he showed honesty. On page 5, paragraph 14 it says, “Get away from the door… He set his suitcase on the table.” This shows that Jimmy was just trying to help Agatha get out of the safe and he wasn’t trying to steal any money like he used to do. Secondly, when Jimmy was writing a letter to his friend, he mentioned that Annabel, his fiance, believed in him. This shows that Jimmy was honest about wanting to marry Annabel because he truly loved her, not just because her father owned the local bank. Lastly, after Jimmy moved, he promised to himself that he’d give away his tools to a friend, showing that he no longer wanted to be

The lieutenant Jimmy Cross is in love with a girl named Martha. He keeps letters from her always hoping for love letters. Every night he reads those letters and pretends those are love letters while imagining what she does. When the group checks out a tunnel, lieutenant cross is distracted, daydreaming about Martha. Soon, one of the men gets shot and later on lieutenant Jimmy burns all of the letters and pictures of Martha blaming himself for the death of the soldier.

But the moment she escapes and is driving across the arroyo, she knows her life will be better remaining loyal to her children. On the other hand, Jimmy Cross wasn’t indecisive about letting Martha go. The moment Ted Lavender was killed, he knew he had to do something about it. Jimmy burned the letters he admired so much, and turned to despise Martha, "He hated her. Yes, he did.

5.Some people change after a relationship and the same goes for Jimmy except his was an obsession instead. Jimmy obsessed about Martha but Ted Lavender’s death taught Jimmy to change himself. Jimmy no longer wishes to fantasize about Martha and will always blame himself for Ted’s death. Jimmy will assume a more guardian position in order to not repeat another Ted situation. Ted’s death opened Jimmy’s eyes that he will never be with Martha despite still loving her. Jimmy lost the hope and will to fight for Martha but now will fight for his men as Jimmy hope is that his men will live and return to those that love

"Then at full dark he would return to his hole and watch the night and wonder is Martha was a virgin." He recognizes the ideas that she may not be a virgin, and even acknowledges that there are other men in her life. Jimmy knows that Martha has many boyfriends, and when he receives a picture from her in the mail, wonders who the photographer was. He treasures the picture and takes it everywhere with him, and yet the small shadow in the picture of the man taking it seems to be his focal point. He wants to focus purely on his unrequited love for Martha, but he can't. He seems to force himself to understand that she does not actually love him. She will never be his, and he knows that somewhere inside him, but continues to imagine that the love that she signs at the end of her letters is really a romantic love.

This passage shows that Jimmy is not a leader. He is very passive toward his men. He says he want to keep them safe but he does not really do anything to stop them from getting killed. He feels guilty when one of his men dies and wishes he was not in charge so he would not be responsible for their safety. This shows that he is a good person but is not willing to take

I feel that Jimmy should stay free .In the story, that I read there was a man named Jimmy Valentine. Jimmy was in prison ten times because he had broken in banks. The ending was left open with a cop telling Jimmy he knew that he had broken into three safes. In my opinion Jimmy Valentine should be let go free in the end.

This letter shows that he wants to get rid of his safe cracking tools to totally get rid of his past self . Jimmy wanted to become a completely