'What You Will Pawn, I Will Redeem' by Sherman Alexis presents a repeated theme throughout the story, but no clear set of morals that should be followed. The main character, Jackson Jackson, can not seem to save up enough money to buy back his grandmother’s regalia, he spends all his money as soon as he earns as soon as he earns it. The story has a commonly repeated theme of charity, ranging from people helping out Jackson, to Jackson helping out his friends. Even the pawn shop owner helps Jackson gather money to afford the regalia, even though he would lose money, he says to Jackson," here's twenty bucks." Many people would confuse this theme and think that the moral of the story is to give charity to those in need, this is not the case. A set of morals that could be deducted from the story could be that charity does not always help someone in need, sometimes, the needy must pick themselves up.
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