Analyzing Themes In The Short Story 'The Dead Man's Pocket'

Theme Essay In the story of “The Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney, the theme of the short stories is, it’s important to make good decision because it could affect the future. The theme is revealed through the action of Tom Benecke, to go after what was important at the time being. In the beginning of the story, Tom knew that getting the promotion could change his life from being a normal man to a wealthy man. The story starts off as Tom’s wife was getting ready to leave the house to go to the movies, his wife said, “It’s just that I hate you to miss this movie:you wanted to see it too.” in response Tom said, “yeah I know.” “Got to get this done though” (119). This shows that Tom wanted to work on something that was more important than spending time …show more content…
After his wife left, Tom went to go open the window. There's something wrong with the window because it took a while for Tom to open it. In a few moments later Tom notice, "... a sheet of white paper drifting to the floor in a series of ares, and another sheet, yellow, moving toward the window" (120). Furthermore, He knew that he couldn't let the most important paper fly away because, he had spent weeks at the grocery store collecting data for his project. In Tom's mind he knew that if the papers was gone, all of those times he had visited the grocery store were now wasted. He had to do something about it. For instant, Tom decided to retrieve his paper by climbing outside of his apartment room. It shows through the story by, "He swung a leg over the sill then felt for and found the ledge a yard below the window with his foot" (123). Moreover, this demonstrates how Tom was fearless. He didn't care much or thought about falling off the ledge. All he wanted was to get the yellow paper and to receive the promotion. Overall Tom dedicates his time by working, he sacrifices spending time with his family to have his