“A Retrieved Reformation” is resolved when Ben Price, the officer who has come to arrest Jimmy Valentine, pretends not to recognize him. By choosing to let Jimmy go, Price seems to believe that Jimmy has finally changed his ways. How does he come to this conclusion? Imagine that you are Ben Price acting as a witness for Jimmy’s defense in a courtroom. From Price’s point of view, present evidence that proves Jimmy has been reformed. In your journal, write an argument using at least three examples from the text.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim