3. Throughout this story, Jimmy is becoming a changed man and he is trying to figue out the path that he wants to take in life. Jimmy stumbles upon the girl of his dreams and he wants her to become apart of his new and honest life. "[He's] got a nice store. [He's] making an honest living, and [he's] going to marry the finest girl on earth in two weeks from now. It's the only life...the straight one." When Jimmy writes this letter to Billy, he is being truthful, he really does love Annabell and he doesn't just want to marry her for money. He is also earning his own money and not just getting the money from robbing a bank, he is ready to take that big step and start his own honest life with the girl of his dreams.
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But when Ralph hears the kind, and soft voice of Annabell, he asks her "to give [him] that rose that [she] is wearing", becuse when all of this is over he knows that nothing will ever be the same and he will never get to live his new and honest life with the love of his dreams. He has sacrificed his new life because he loved Annabell and would do anything in the world for her and so he did.
5. The central conflict in this story is, man versus himself. Jimmy is struggling to maintain his new crime free persona of Ralph. When Annabell implores Ralph to save her niece, " He [sets] his suit-case on the table, and [opens] it flat. From that time on, he [seems] to be unconcius of the presence of anyone else. He laid out his shining, queer implements swiftly and orderly, whisteling softly to himself as he always did when at work. [While] in a deep silence... the others watched him as if under a spell." Jimmy knew that in order to stay true to Annabell and help save his soon to be niece, he must cast aside Ralph and embrace his safe-cracking life of crime. Ultimately, despite cracking the safe, Jimmy has become a changed man.
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Jimmy has chose to become a changed man and this is one step in his path that he chose to take.
8. O'Henry conveys the identity through the interchange of names, by reffering to the main charcter, through seveal different names. The main charcter gets the title of Jimmy when he remains true to himself and is hard at work with his safe-cracking hobby. O'Henry has reffered to main charcter as Ralph several times as well, when O'henry does so, he is allowing the reader to realize that Ralph is the new and improved and trustful version of Jimmy. A name that O'Henry reffered to only once was the name Mr. Spencer. A good friend of Mr. Spencer was, Ben. Ben greeted Mr. Spencer at the door durning a rather depressing time (when Ralph just thought to have lost his new life) and said, " guess you're mistaken Mr. Spencer...Don't believe I reconize you. Your buggy's been waiting for you, ain't it?" By O'Henry purposfully allowing Ben to call Jim by the name of
4. The central conflict …show more content…
But when Ralph hears the kind, and soft voice of Annabell, he asks her "to give [him] that rose that [she] is wearing", becuse when all of this is over he knows that nothing will ever be the same and he will never get to live his new and honest life with the love of his dreams. He has sacrificed his new life because he loved Annabell and would do anything in the world for her and so he did.
5. The central conflict in this story is, man versus himself. Jimmy is struggling to maintain his new crime free persona of Ralph. When Annabell implores Ralph to save her niece, " He [sets] his suit-case on the table, and [opens] it flat. From that time on, he [seems] to be unconcius of the presence of anyone else. He laid out his shining, queer implements swiftly and orderly, whisteling softly to himself as he always did when at work. [While] in a deep silence... the others watched him as if under a spell." Jimmy knew that in order to stay true to Annabell and help save his soon to be niece, he must cast aside Ralph and embrace his safe-cracking life of crime. Ultimately, despite cracking the safe, Jimmy has become a changed man.
6. The relationship that Jimmy has with Annabel allows Jimmy to live a true and …show more content…
Jimmy has chose to become a changed man and this is one step in his path that he chose to take.
8. O'Henry conveys the identity through the interchange of names, by reffering to the main charcter, through seveal different names. The main charcter gets the title of Jimmy when he remains true to himself and is hard at work with his safe-cracking hobby. O'Henry has reffered to main charcter as Ralph several times as well, when O'henry does so, he is allowing the reader to realize that Ralph is the new and improved and trustful version of Jimmy. A name that O'Henry reffered to only once was the name Mr. Spencer. A good friend of Mr. Spencer was, Ben. Ben greeted Mr. Spencer at the door durning a rather depressing time (when Ralph just thought to have lost his new life) and said, " guess you're mistaken Mr. Spencer...Don't believe I reconize you. Your buggy's been waiting for you, ain't it?" By O'Henry purposfully allowing Ben to call Jim by the name of