Ernie Pyle once said, ¨At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even your outlook on life.¨ In Finney´s short story, Contents of the Dead Man 's Pocket, he clearly demonstrates how much a dramatic experience can really change a person. Jack Finney uses Tom to convey the theme from his story which the aid of literary devices and various conflicts in Tom 's way. In the beginning, Tom valued nothing more than the project that would lead him down a successful road at work, all the meanwhile neglecting his full attention to his wife. Through the course of the story, Tom must face the consequences of his actions after chasing behind the highly valued paper. On his journey to get back into his apartment safely, his perspective…