Should Jimmy Valentine Stay Free

Jimmy Valentine is a guy who has broken into several safes and stolen thousands of dollars. He was taken to jail as soon as the police found him, however broke out before finishing his full sentence. After robbing several more safes using his trusty tools that he made himself, he scurried off to Logansport, Indiana. He went there to open a shoe business, and see how robbing worked in that part of town. There he saw place called Elmore bank and was on his way to rod it when he saw the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. That's when everything started to change he started to become a better man; he made friends with almost everyone in the town, his shoe business was really hitting it off, and he was going to be married to the girl that she saw in the bank. He wrote a letter to an old friend of his to give him his tools because he was not going to rod anymore. He also saved a little girl’s life, she was tapped in a safe and Jimmy broke in and got her out. Jimmy’s old friend was actually an undercover detective who had been looking for Jimmy to take him back to jail. However seeing how much that he has changed he decided to leave Jimmy free. Jimmy Valentine deserves to be free.
In the story Jimmy says that he does not want to steal anymore and he wants to live an honest life. The story says, “At the end of the year everyone in Elmore liked Mr. Ralph Spencer. His shoe shop was doing very good business and he and Annabel were going to be married in two weeks.” Jimmy was also going to get rid of his tools. This is a big change for Jimmy because at the beginning of the story he cared for his tools more than anything. In the beginning of the story it says, “He opened [the bag] and looked lovingly at the tools for breaking open a safe.” This proves that he is trying to