Ralph Spencer listens to the voice of the child, wonders if saving the girl will be worth it. The mother’s gruesome screams echo throughout the room. Ralph Spencer glances at the safe with the poor child enclosed in it, and then looks back into the loving eyes of his fiance. This decision will change the rest of his life forever… there will be no turning back. Ralph Spencer slowly comprehends the fact that he has to take a backseat while Jimmy Valentine steps into the spotlight. At that moment, he realizes he must change.Ben Price made the right decision when he let Ralph Spencer go because he proved that he was a rehabilitated man who had changed. Jimmy Valentine showed to everyone that he wasn’t the same person who robbed banks …show more content…
Ralph explicitly proved he was a dynamic character through the use of his actions and internal thoughts. He was happily engaged to a bank owner’s daughter Annabel, and was dedicated to being true to her. He wrote to his friend “After I get married I’m going to go sell out and go West, where there won’t be much danger of having old scores brought up against me… she believes in me; and I wouldn’t do another crooked thing for the whole world.” At that point, Jimmy was gone and Ralph had taken over. He was willing to start off new with a clean slate and was prepared to do whatever he had to do to keep his secret safe, because Ralph deeply regretted it. Not to mention, his love for Annabel was so deep, he was willing to do anything for her. When Annabel’s niece Agatha, accidently locked herself in a high-security safe, Ralph immediately knew that he had to choose between the two most important things in his life, his love or his identity. When Ralph said “Annabel...give me that rose you are wearing…”, it meant that he was about to sacrifice himself and he wanted something of Annabel that would help him remember his memories with her. Ralph knew what was going to happen next, so he gave in before Ben Price had the chance to say anything. The text says how Ralph says