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Short Story Context Of A Dead Man's Pocket

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Context of a Dead Man’s Pocket The three strongest topics in this story “Context of a Dead Man's Pocket” is the details, Imagery, and the Language that is so expertly done by Jack Finney with the tone of the story capturing the fear and the intensity of the actions of Tom Benneck throughout the story and then his sense of relief, understanding, and realization that Tom has at the end of the story. “Context of a Dead Man’s Pockets” is made such a great story because of the Details, Language and imagery shown in this story. Some of the images used in this story make up a strong vivid description of the character's appearance and the state of mind with a great sense of realism in the story with all the great descriptive words used that paint

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