Jimmy Valentine Essay

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Suleyman Demirel University Summary plot The theme: “Jimmy Valentine’s reformation” Prepared by: Umirzakov Abzal 1st course student (Translation Studies group) Firstly I want to tell about this story. This story is about a man, whose name is Jimmy. He was a skillful person, who could open bank safes which any other thief couldn’t possibly do. In other words, he was a safecracker. He was in prison, but after serving his sentence he was released on. Before he had left a prison, the wander said him: “You are not a bad fellow really. Stop breaking open safes and be honest”. But Jimmy told him that he had never broken a safe in his life. Then the warden laughed and said to him: “Better think over my advice, Valentine”. In the evening Jimmy Valentine arrived in his native town and went directly to his old friend’s cafe. Then he took the key of his room and went upstairs. Jimmy removed a panel in the wall and dragged out a dust-covered suitcase. He opened it and looked fondly at the finest set of burglar’s tools. It was a complete set made of special steel. It consisted of various tools of the latest design. Over nine hundred dollars he had cost him. A week after the release of Jimmy Valentine there was a new safe-burglary in Richmond. Two weeks after that another safe was opened and it began to interest a famous detective Ben Price. "That's all Jimmy Valentine's work. He has resumed business. He has got the only tools that can open any safe without leaving the slightest trace". One afternoon Jimmy Valentine came to Elmore. A young lady crossed the street, passed him at the corner and entered a door over which was the sign “The Elmore Bank”. When Jimmy looked into her eyes, she lowered her eyes and blushed slightly. Then Jimmy called a boy who was standing on the steps of the bank and began ask him questions about the town and the

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