Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

author: Jack Finney
date: October 8th, 2010

Pre-reading: top 5 priorities:
family, homework, religion, friends, cleaning.

Plot/reaction: Tom's wife was going out for the night to a movie. He stays in so he can finish some paperwork. An important paper of his flies out the window. He decides that the paper is too important to let go of and climbs out on the ledge to retrieve it. While he's put there, the window shuts on him. He tries numerous times to get help by starting paper on fire and letting it drop and screaming for help. He almost fell of the ledge a few times. He finally punches through the window, climbs in, and goes out to find his wife.

Questions:
  • What is Tom typing? 
  • Why didn't Tom go with his wife?  
  • Why was the yellow paper so important?
  • Why didn't Tom prop the window open with something?
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