How do you identify Tom? Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

Perhaps the question relates to what type character Tom Benecke is in Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," a story in which the author examines the relation of personal success to the business world of the 1950s, post World War II.

Tom, a young advertising man, is so consumed with moving up the corporate ladder that he neglects his personal relationship with his wife, Clare. Having spent weekends on his new project which will bring him a big raise, Tom sends his wife on to the movies alone, promising to meet her later in the evening, explaining that he must finish before Monday.  When the sheet of all the data from countless hours of work blows out the window of his high-rise apartment, Tom recklessly risks his life by walking out onto the ledge of the building in order to regain it.  It is only after he slips and nearly falls, that Tom experiences an epiphany in which he realizes that his priorities have been skewered by his tremendous drive for business success.  As he desperately breaks through the window that has fatefully closed upon him, Tom screams his love, "Clare." 

Once he is safely inside, Tom puts the paper down on his desk with only a pencil atop it; he pulls his coat from the closet and opens the door to leave and catch up with his beloved wife.  As the draft enters the apartment, the yellow sheet finds its way out the hole in the window.  But, this time Tom laughs and departs.  These actions indicate that Tom Benecke is a dynamic, or round character who has readjusted his priorities in life.