Fortune or lack of fortune is a problem that affects many people in the entire world. Some people only have to deal with it a little, while others have to go through daily struggles because of it. The short story deals with fortune and money, shown through the main character, a thief, who steaks people’s wallets. For some people life is only about money, for other the greed for money does not exist. In Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi's short story, A Fortune, we go through two days in the main character's life. The main theme in "A Fortune" is happiness or fortune, it is about all the insignificant things in our everyday lives that give your life meaning and the insignificant things that are important to you.
The narrator is the main character of the short story. He is a young man who has been a thief since he was five years old. He is pickpocketing wallets from people in the streets. "That your old man's got you stealing for him?" (P. 1, L. 10). It was his father who taught him how to be a thief, and he treated the narrator like they were partners. In the beginning, he only stole for his father, but when his father abandoned him, he continued doing it on his own. "but she usually doesn't get it." (P. 2, L. 41). The narrator's mother does not seem to understand him, and the insignificant things and interests he has, which could indicate that they do not have a very good relation. "The kid caught my eye for some reason" (P. 2, L. 44). The same you could say for his father because the narrator can identify himself with the young boy, as the boy does not appear to have a good relationship with his own father. This could also be the main reason why the narrator has sympathy for the young boy, and why he does not think of his action of bringing the kid home as kidnapping. The narrator has been stealing for many years and he sees it as his job because the only day he does not steal is Sunday, which is also the same day a lot of people in e.g. office jobs does not go to work. He does not see the value of the money he steals, he just steals them because that is all he has ever done, this is seen very clearly in "Usually he would hand me a couple of bills and I would absently stuff them in my sock without counting it." (P. 1, L. 11-12). He never counted how much his father gave him because he was afraid to find out how much his father thinks he is worth to him. So, it is possible to say, that no one ever told him what he is worth to anyone, and therefore he tells the young kid he brings home, that the kid is tremendous and special. He even starts crying while telling the kid how tremendous he is, which shows how thoughtful and kindly the narrator is. When he meets the young boy, it shows the reader that he has a lot of moral values. It seems like he is trying to rescue the young boy from ending up like himself.
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