Finder's Keepers Analysis

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Finders Keepers is a documentary that centers around the leg of Jon Wood, whose ownership of the leg comes into question after he loses it in a storage unit auction. The leg is found inside of a grill bought by a wannabe entrepreneur named Shannon Whisnant, and the two clash in the documentary over who rightfully owns the mummified limb. Over the course of several years, the two characters grow and change due to the controversy, but Jon seems to be main focus or protagonist of this story. It is because he conquers adversity and overcomes his addictions that Jon Wood becomes the main character of this story, and Whisnant becomes something akin to an antagonist.

Shannon Whisnant is described early in the documentary by Wood himself as Wood’s

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