Jimmy Valentine offered to turn himself in. He was at the bank, which the love of his life owned, and a girl got locked inside the new safe which did not have a passcode so once it was locked, it was locked. Jimmy valentine took the risk of being exposed and cracked the safe to save her life. When he did that Ben Price, an investigator, happened to be standing right there. Jimmy swore to himself and Ben that he would never crack another safe. In the story after he gets caught Jimmy says “Well let's go. I …show more content…
First, when he first moved to Elmore e changed his name. When he changed his name it was showing that his old lifestyle was being left in the past. His name reminded him of his past criminal, safe cracking self. Also, he wrote a letter to Ben Price to tell him he is giving his thousands of dollars worth of tools away. Jimmy wrote to Ben “...Also, I want to make a present of my kit of tools. I know you’ll be glad to get them. …” He wrote to Ben Price, an investigator, to tell him personally that he's done with that lifestyle and he can personally take the tools from Him if he wanted. Finally, Jimmy changed out of love. As soon as he moved he was looking for one person, Annabel Adams, he fell in love with her and would of done anything for her, even if it was leaving his whole past behind and flip his world upside down. His whole was changing and he wanted absolutely nothing to do with his old