Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket- Jack Finney



When life and death is put on the line for a piece of matter, a renewable object, it can truly show just how important a human life is. We may not realize that we are putting ourselves in danger while the event is upon us, but we soon realize after the fact, that we are more valuable than any object could ever be. Jack Finney, the author of “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket,” expresses this conflict very accurately and descriptively using plot developments.

Finney begins this story showing that a man is