Too Obsessed by Money and Having Less Time for His Family

“Trying to put the jacket out of his mind, he hurried along the street. While he was waiting to cross Fifth Avenue, a man standing beside him coughed painfully. Then Tom remembered about the leather jacket – remembered everything about it as clearly as though he had never forgotten. It had been back in 1943, not many months before Germany started to disintegrate. Only he hadn’t known than that Germany would fall to pieces—it had seemed as though the war would go on forever. It had been in December, early in december, that he killed the man in the leather jacket, simply because he needed the jacket for himself.” p. 72 From the quotation above, the writer can see why Tom remembered about simple thing, a leather jacket. His purpose is just want to take the jacket for himself, it was in December, it is on winter season, jacket is needed. Why does Tom just ask for the jacket? The answer is no. The man in the leather jacket had been armed, he had been an enemy, the worst is he had been a German. So killed him is legal. If he didn’t kill him, maybe Tom is killed at that time. The following quotation is a proof for the explanation above “No, it hadn’t been like that at all. There was no use making it worse than it was. The man in the leather jacket had been armed, he had been an enemy, legally decreed such by several governments. He had been a German, and the Germans were different from other people, or at least it had seemed so at that time.” p. 72. 37

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION

The story tells about life of Tom Rath, a World War II veteran living in Westport with his wife, Betsy and their three children. Betsy’s desire for a better house and neighborhood are her motives for asking Tom to advance his career. When tom explains to Betsy that they are comfortable and should be thankful for what they have, Betsy lashes out and accuses Tom of having no guts. Due to pressure, Tom decides to pursue a new career. While interviewing for the job, Tom has a flashback to his time in World War II. Finally Tom lands the job with the broadcasting network, he finds himself working for Mr. Hopkins, the president of the network. When Mr. Hopkins asks Tom to share his opinion on a speech, Tom finds himself in a moral dilemma. He wrestles with telling Mr. Hopkins the truth that the speech is terrible and risking his job. In the end, with persuasion from Betsy, Tom decides to tell Mr. Hopkins the truth about the speech. One day, Tom meets the man that had word from Maria in Italy that she had given birth to Tom’s child ten years ago and were in desperate need of support. Ultimately, he decides to send money to Maria and explain the situation to Betsy. They will support Maria and her child by sending one hundreds dollars each month.In this chapter, the writer wants to conclude the result of the analysis as the answers of the problem formulation in the previous chapter. The writer answers the questions sequentially so that the reader understands the analysis easily. Before the writer concludes the analysis, it is