What is the most important thing in Tom Beneckes life in Jack Finneys short story Contents of the Dead

Mans Pocket
Toms Job 1. For instance, Tom stays home to work on a Saturday night instead of going to the movies with the woman he loves: He apologized and told his wife he couldnt go out with her (7). 2. Also, his wife, the woman who knows him best, tells him that he works too much: Darling, you are working yourself to the bone (6). 3. Another example that work is the most important thing in Toms life is that he often worked Saturdays, doing marketing research by counting customers passing store displays: This would make the fourth weekend in a row he would have to go to the super-market (7). 4. Likewise, Tom obsesses about finishing a research report that he believes will get him a raise: He worked feverishly in hopes of promotion and compensation (8). 5. Perhaps the most powerful evidence that shows that work is the most important thing in Toms life is that he is willing to risk his life to retrieve his research notes from the ledge outside his apartment building, a ledge high above the street below: He knew it was dangerous, but even so, he climbed out onto the ledge (9). Paragraph: In Jack Finneys short story Contents of the Dead Mans Pocket the most important thing in Tom Beneckes life is his work. For instance, Tom stays home to work on a Saturday night instead of going to the movies with the woman he loves: He apologized and told his wife he couldnt go out with her (7). Also, his wife, the woman who knows him best, recognizes that he works too much: Darling, you are working yourself to the bone (6). Another example that work is the most important thing in Toms life is that he often works Saturdays, doing marketing research by counting customers passing store displays: This would make the fourth weekend in a row he would have to go to the super-market (7). Likewise, Tom obsesses about finishing a research report that he believes will get him a raise: He worked feverishly in hopes of promotion and compensation (8). Perhaps the most powerful evidence that shows that work is the most important thing in Toms life is that he is willing to risk his life to retrieve his research notes from the ledge outside his apartment building, a ledge high above the street below: He knew it was dangerous, but even so, he climbed out onto the ledge (9).