I need to do some drafting for a short story. The man has lost everything due to pride and revenge, and my plot is questioning whether he learned from his mistakes.
James pulled on the lever and backed his truck out of the way. He lowered the lever and made the front scoop up a large mound of dirt which he drove to a pile of dirt that he had been collecting all morning. His job was so tedious, and James hated it. What else could he do though? He had no family. His previous job as a laborer on a farm had ended after the harvest. This was the only job that had come up, and he needed to take it.
His shift ended, and James wiped the sweat off his brow. He decided he needed to go home and take a shower. He couldn't afford hot water, but at least he would get a shower. He walked down the sidewalk, keeping an eye out for any loose change on the sidewalk, when something caught his attention.
A man dressed in a giant grey cell phone costume was dancing outside of Radio Shack holding a white sign that read "GIANT Sale!!" The cell phone buttons that were on the costume were made up of fluorescent light bulbs and kept flashing red, green, blue, and white. The man waved his sign right in front of James' face and cried, "Come on in! Don't be shy! You won't regret it!"
"I think I would," James replied and tried to walk around the dancing buffoon, but Cell Phone Man wouldn't let him.
"Come in just for a minute. Radio Shack is bound to have something you'd like."
James bit his lip as he glanced inside and back onto the sidewalk. It was impossible to walk around the cell phone that was taller than him. He would be forced to walk in the road, and traffic was too busy. The cell phone was wide enough to fill almost the whole sidewalk. James tried one more time to dart around him when the front door opened and a large overweight man with a long, black curling mustache
"Welcome to Radio Shack! We have everything you can imagine. The latest iPads, the newest cases for your phones and laptops, the best selection of video games in the city." And with that, he pulled James inside and started giving him a tour of the entire store, making him try out their headphones, use the gaming console, and interact with whatever other gadget he could.
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