The Jelly Bean

The Jelly Bean is a about a small town, a small town boy named Jim Powell and a small town girl. It's sad but adorable. It has no happy ending or is one of those morale stories. Yet it sticks with you more than 30 minutes after you've read it. I have to give it credit for that. When I was reading Franny and Zooey I had a hard time keeping what they said in my head as I typed these blogs. The plot line of Franny and Zooey I could remember, as only 4 things happened in it but for the life of me nothing they said stuck out in my head. While in this book I can remember direct qoutes. " Mr. Jim Powell King of Jelly Beans." What is a jelly bean? I don't know. I believe it is someone who idles. All I do know is Jim Powell was referred to as the jelly bean everytime there was something important to be said.. It doesn't make much sense but I guess since the famous Jelly Bellly Jelly beans were invented in 1976 it makes more sense. By the way this blog just inlfuenced me to look up jelly beans. Well done Mrs. C. I have never before been motivated by a blog to go the extra 3 inches. Back to The Jelly Bean, the gist of the story is lost love, Jim Powell loves Nancy Lamar but will never get her because he is not the right man who has money. He has no money. He works in a garage, shoots pool and throws dice to support himself. Nancy is the girl who wants out of the snall confining town. She hooks up with the man who she thinks will get her out and ends up accidently married in the end causing Jim Powell the jelly bean to leave town. Sad isn't it?There are times when people just don't have a chance. This was one of them. This jelly bean just didn't fit into her plans.