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The story's protagonist is a homeless man who is known only as Soapy. It is the start of winter and Soapy plans to spend the entire season inside, away from the cold streets. Soapy does not like hostels for the homeless which are run by charitable organizations. For that reason, he plans instead to get arrested for some petty offense and to receive a short jail sentence. Soapy spends a day trying to get arrested and failing at each attempt. When he pauses outside a church and listens to a hymn (the "anthem" of the story's title), Soapy is reminded of better days in the past and hopes for a better future. He has a complete change of heart and decides that he does not want to get arrested after all. A passing policeman, however, has other ideas.

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  • The Cop and the Anthem
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  • The story's protagonist is a homeless man who is known only as Soapy. It is the start of winter and Soapy plans to spend the entire season inside, away from the cold streets. Soapy does not like hostels for the homeless which are run by charitable organizations. For that reason, he plans instead to get arrested for some petty offense and to receive a short jail sentence. Soapy spends a day trying to get arrested and failing at each attempt. When he pauses outside a church and listens to a hymn (the "anthem" of the story's title), Soapy is reminded of better days in the past and hopes for a better future. He has a complete change of heart and decides that he does not want to get arrested after all. A passing policeman, however, has other ideas.
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  • The story's protagonist is a homeless man who is known only as Soapy. It is the start of winter and Soapy plans to spend the entire season inside, away from the cold streets. Soapy does not like hostels for the homeless which are run by charitable organizations. For that reason, he plans instead to get arrested for some petty offense and to receive a short jail sentence. Soapy spends a day trying to get arrested and failing at each attempt. When he pauses outside a church and listens to a hymn (the "anthem" of the story's title), Soapy is reminded of better days in the past and hopes for a better future. He has a complete change of heart and decides that he does not want to get arrested after all. A passing policeman, however, has other ideas. There have been a number of adaptations of the story for film and television. Although the word "Christmas" does not appear anywhere in "The Cop and the Anthem", references to Soapy having received a new tie at Thanksgiving, which is still in good condition, suggest that the story takes place in early December. Some elements in the story, such as Soapy pausing outside a church and his decision to change his ways for the better (somewhat like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol), have led some readers to connect "The Cop and the Anthem" to the holiday. This connection has been emphasized in some adaptations of the story to other media.
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