BLOCK 3: "The Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" by Debra McKinney

on23686 — 2024-01-10 18:43:56 UTC

I think that the narrator will change by focusing more on him and his wife rather than his big goals in life. I think he won't let things cloud his mind and make him do anything dangerous again.

1- when I realized who I was hanging around weren't the type of people i really needed around 2- he will find better ways to do things and focus on more important things other than things that could cause problems

sf47315 — 2024-01-10 18:46:41 UTC

is23042 — 2024-01-10 18:53:26 UTC

I think he will appreciate his life a little more and realize little things like the paper can be replaced but valuable things, such as his life, cannot be replaced.

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jt54120 — 2024-01-10 18:53:52 UTC

He changed since he is more than likely not going to do this again. Also, he is going to spend more time with his wife.

cl33598 — 2024-01-10 18:54:00 UTC

I realized it when I was stressing more about doing well in school than actually spending what little time I had with people who made me happy.

I think the narrator will focus more on the relationship between Tom and his wife instead of things that will cause more problems to the point of risking his life.

1. I realized I was stressing too much about school and not spending time with friends or family.2. I think he will spend more time with his wife.

jn34463 — 2024-01-10 18:56:16 UTC

1. there was a time I had realization that i should hang out more with my family than friends i was only talking to my friends and only spoke to my parents at dinner 2. i think the narrator will focus more on his wife and spend more time with her

ds23002 — 2024-01-10 18:57:47 UTC

1. when I realized I needed to start keeping up with work more because if I didn't it wouldn't get done and spending more time on school work

ey19752 — 2024-01-10 18:58:23 UTC

I think the narrator will focus on spending time with his wife instead of risking his life or causing problems for himself

ar47329 — 2024-01-10 18:58:27 UTC

I realized I needed to balance my life out more when I was prioritizing work and school, isolating myself rather than spending proper time with others.
I think the narrator will start to put more focus on the relationship of Tom and his wife, due to the events of the story and not balancing his life properly.

pb23662 — 2024-01-10 19:00:54 UTC

I realized I needed more balance when I was only being away from my house with my friends and never home with my family and didnt spend much time with my family, and it felt like I didnt know anything going on in their lives.

sd22371 — 2024-01-10 19:02:06 UTC

I realized that I would spend most of my time in my room and isolating myself from my family and then it hit me when my brother left for college.

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dm21347 — 2024-01-10 19:02:07 UTC

i realized i needed more balance with my actual life and with school. i cared too much about school and getting stuff done and wasn't doing what made me happy. I think he wont be as "focused" on work and spend more time with his wife.

lb23127 — 2024-01-10 19:02:40 UTC

The narrator will most likely start spending more time with his wife and stop focusing as much on work.

cb19721 — 2024-01-10 19:03:05 UTC

I think that he will realize that he needs to worry about the bigger and more important things in life and not worry as much about the small things like a paper.

jd46226 — 2024-01-10 19:03:26 UTC

1. I knew i needed more balance in life when i was in 7th grade and was a complete mess. 2. i think the narrator will change after his experience by being more appreciative for everything he will experience

an22210 — 2024-01-10 19:03:38 UTC

I realized that I was worried more about what other people wanted and school, than my own family and spending time with them.
I think he will start focusing more on his wife, because when focusing on his work more he almost died.

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cp16509 — 2024-01-10 20:41:43 UTC

I think the author will change because he is going to spend more time with his wife than his work and he won't have the window open and closing the door at the same time.

hp22235 — 2024-01-10 21:57:07 UTC

I think the narrator will change after this experience by spending more time with his wife and less time working. I think he will also have a new appreciation for the small things in life.

ss15949 — 2024-01-10 23:35:51 UTC

I had a realization about needing more balance in my life in 8th grade, school work was getting harder and I would always wait until the last minute to turn things in, I would get behind on work and then get very stressed about turning it all in on time. I realized that I needed to prioritize my time, focusing on school before everything else.

lc37278 — 2024-01-11 01:26:02 UTC

I think that the narrator will change by realizing that he has bigger, more important things in life that he needs to worry about, such as his wife. I think hell start to spend more time with her and cherish the moments that they have while they have them .

rr23486 — 2024-01-11 02:52:48 UTC

I think that the narrator will have a new appreciation for things in life that he valued less before, such as spending time with his wife. He will now value quality time over a promotion at work.

mg23071 — 2024-01-11 03:22:05 UTC

I realized that I needed more balance in my life in 7th grade when I stopped caring about what other people thought about me and started taking care of myself.

"The Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket"

ds19329 — 2024-01-11 04:46:30 UTC

1. It was at the end of middle school after I got my graduation uniform and what I look back and it felt like I really didn't deserve it. Doing middle school my father passed away and it hit me hard to the point where inside to suppress my some of my emotions. With later on in 8th grade I was at a point where I felt like I couldn't focus, it felt like I just wanted to past the time, wait me to the last minute, then get that work done. Then when the end of the year came along, and I saw my grades most of it was awful. It was after looking in the mirror and seeing my graduation suit on I start to realize I screwed up my year that I could have had something better. After that I talked to my parents, and I told him how I felt. I felt better after that.

2. I believe the narrator will start to spend more time with his wife and take less time on work. My evidence for this is from the last to lines when he says, “As he saw the yellow paper, the pencil flying, scooped off the desk and, unimpeded by the glassless window, sailed out into the night and out of his life, Tom Benecke burst into laughter and then close the door behind them.” Giving the evidence that he has moved on from his work and is now ready to spend more time with his wife.

mh19819 — 2024-01-11 16:50:01 UTC

I noticed that I would spend most of my time in my room and staying away from everyone in my house.

I feel like the author will enjoy things more than he did before as in spending quality time with his wife.

1. I realized I needed to balance my school work with the amount of time I needed for my sport. As the first semester went on, I realized that I did not finish all of my work every day, and after school, I played volleyball making me late on my schoolwork. 2. I think the narrator will most likely start spending more time with his wife, instead of working all the time.

eg23739 — 2024-01-11 18:27:17 UTC