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Sometimes it takes a near death experience to realize what is important in life and what is not. A person is amid choosing whether to help out a family member in trouble or to complete a certain task of his own. The person selfishly goes to complete the task. One can refer that it was wrong to not help the family member. No matter what, family should be the number one priority and that is a prominent theme in "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" by Jack Finney and a similar theme may be seen in Double Daddy by Penny Parker and Diary of a Mad Blender by Sue Shellenbarger.
Primarily, the start of "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" indicates that Tom, the main character, is in a jam because he chooses to stay home to do work instead of going out with his wife. Tom began with guilt reasoning to the fact that he is not going with his wife. His decision is final although he is tempted to go due to "smelling the perfume she had used." (pg.6) Tom wants to go with his wife and he......

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