A Retrieved Reformation By O Henry

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In the story, “A Retrieved Reformation”, the author, O. Henry, takes the readers through a series of events regarding a time in the main character, Jimmy Valentine’s, life. The majority of the story takes place in a town named Elmore in the . Initially, after ten months of his four-year sentence, Jimmy was released from prison thanks to a govern pardon. Once released, Jimmy returned to his home to acquire his safe-cracking tools. Some of these tools were in fact invented by Jimmy himself. Even though before he left prison, the warden attempted to convince Jimmy to stop the mugging, Jimmy robbed a bank in Indiana a week after his release. Furthermore, Jimmy deprived a bank in Jefferson City; he stole five-thousand dollars from that bank.