A boy receives a gift of a jacket from his father. His father, a veteran of the Korean War, received the jacket during his service. Even though the boy is comparably weaker and less accomplished than his father, he takes it anyway. He goes to school the next day and is a new person, a man: he flirts with a girl, fights off bullies, and tells off the principal. After getting suspended, he realizes he must take the jacket off to face his life. Upon returning to school, his fortune has reversed and everyone’s after him again—except for the girl, Rosario, who maintains her interest in him. They date, but one day, Rosario finds the jacket and puts it on. Disgusted that her boyfriend is not as powerful as he could be, she breaks up with him. After wrestling to take the jacket off of Rosario, he locks it away. Years later, the boy has become a meteorologist for the weather channel. He returns to his childhood home with his new girlfriend following the death of his father. He opens up some boxes and finds the jacket. The jacket speaks to him, belittling what his life has become and how weak he is. The girlfriend walks in to see the man consorting with the jacket; despite the man’s fear and the jacket’s strength, the girlfriend puts the jacket away, assuring her boyfriend that she only wants him.