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Soapy was homeless and jobless. His life was dull and inactive. He wanted to lead an easy life. He was trying to find food and shelter by going to jail in Blackwell’s Island. But Soapy had a self-realisation. He wished to find a job and pull himself up from the mud and be a man again.
I think if no cop would have come at the end, Soapy would have been a normal, law-abiding citizen. He would have found a job. He would have become a responsible citizen. There would have been a positive change in Soapy’s life.