Quotation Sandwich 2

Claim: At the end of the short story, Tom Benecke's attitude changes from a man who only cares about work and money to a man who wants to put his family first.

Quote: "He wished, then, that he had not allowed his wife to go off by herself tonight-- and on similar nights. He thought of all the evenings he had spent away from her, working and he regretted them. He thought wonderingly of his fierce ambition and of the direction his life had taken; he thought of the hours he'd spent by himself, filling the yellow sheet that had brought him out here."

Commentary: Tom's thoughts about his past life and how he had wasted it on something so unimporant shows that he has transformed into a man who puts his family first.