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Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

by Jack Finney

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Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

In Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," the yellow paper and the setting serve as key symbols and sources of irony. The yellow paper represents protagonist Tom Benecke's career...

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Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

The title of the story emphasizes the aspect of Tom's experience in which he is able to fully imagine himself found as a dead man on the street below his apartment, a crumpled piece of yellow paper...

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