Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket

In “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket,” Tom Benecke the protagonist is put in a very difficult situation, and has to make a decision. I think the best choice for Tom is to chase after the yellow paper. Tom should chase the paper because he has worked on it very hard, and for a long time. If Tom got the paper it would open the path of many opportunities such as the thing he wants most. Finally people may say that chasing the paper is the wrong thing to do but there are many examples to prove why it is the best decision. These are some examples I will go over to persuade you into thinking that the best decision is getting the paper.

Tom works at a grocery store and is trying to move up in the corporate ladder. He has spent “four long Saturday afternoons” counting the people as they look at various displays. He has spent hours during his lunches and during the evenings in the weeks. All this hard work and dedication to these results were put on a yellow peace of paper. This paper Tom has been working on has taken two months to gain all the data. These are the reasons why Tom cannot afford to give up this easily on the yellow paper. This is one of his goals to become higher in the cooperate ladder, and by trying to make this happen he needs to retrieve the yellow paper.

The thing Tom desires the most is professional advancement. Tom was told he had to turn in the statistics by Monday so that his boss could use them for the spring displays. Since Tom desires moving up in the company the most, the best choice is to chase after the paper because it may only be a once in a lifetime opportunity. This paper is very important and could change not only his life but his wife’s life as well. With this paper if Tom turned it in he could spend less time at work and more time with his wife. This paper means a lot to Tom because it puts him in a place were he can move up in the company.

People may think that it would be unwise or wrong to chase after the paper. But the paper is very precious and important to Tom. Tom has put to much time and effort into the yellow paper to just let it fly away. One of Toms dreams is to move up in his company and the only way of doing that is with the yellow paper. If Tom decided not to fetch the paper then it would take him another two months to come up with the results, and his dream of moving up in the company would vanish. Many people could argue that going after the paper isn’t safe, but not very