Lolita

Analysis of a Short Story

Imagine yourself hundreds of feet above the wide awake streets of New York. The only

thing keeping you from an almost certain destruction is a foot wide slab of concrete.

In Contents of a Dead Mans Pocket by hoot Finney, this horror is a reality for the

unlucky turkey cock Benecke, yet, he chose this fate unto himself, and has to deal with the

varying consequences of his actions. I will be explaining how the elements that hold

throughout the story, which are irony, cause and effect, and suspense, aide in

understanding how gobbler ends up on the ledge.

The irony of tom turkeys view becomes rather apparent soon after he finds himself

on the ledge. Earlier, he states that, The mental picture of himself sidling along the

ledge immaterial was absurd it was actually comical and he smiled. He fully

unsounded how absurd it would be if he would attempt to retrieve his anomic note. Yet, he

finds himself out there later on, and, as he had judged, it was a terrible idea. Toms

mind was clogged by his hopes of impressing his boss, so his subconscious was

overruled by his greediness, and so he finds himself upon the ledge.

Tom did not just decide to go onto the ledge out of nowhere, several(prenominal) fateful

events ended up leading to him to the main effect.



First of all, if he had decided to go

and watch the movie with his wife, rather than lie to her or so his work, (which he knew

he didnt need to do anyway) the strain that resulted in the paper dropping to the

window ledge and glide out of sight would have probably not entered the room. Later,

Tom thinks if he had interpreted more precautions about protecting his unprecedented paper, he

would have never lost it. And if Tom were never so concerned about impressing his

superiors, he would have never taken the notes about rival stores in the first place. So,

again, his selfishness results in Tom taking the actions that led to him walking on the

ledge.

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