Contents Of The Dead Man's Pocket By Jack Finney

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The story “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney, discuss about a man named Tom who almost face death. Tom wanted to go to the movies with his wife, but decide to stay home to finish some work. A small important yellow piece of paper for work flew out of the window onto the ledge. At first, he thinks he shouldn’t go out there to get it, but decide to and almost lose his life. The story’s theme based on Tom’s actions at the end of the story is that sometime people get too into their work that they never spend time with their loved one. That wasn’t the first time that he had miss out on these nights out. “He wished, then, that he had not allowed his wife to go off by herself tonight—and on similar nights. He thought of all the

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