Transformations

An Essay on Changing

By; Jake DeLapp

Pine Point 8A English

11/4/10       

         Nobody ever stays the same. In my whole life I haven’t met anyone that hasn’t changed physically or mentally. Nobody stays in baby form or thinks like a baby their whole life. As you grow up you’re basically transforming and changing from your previous self.
        In TKAM we start to see Jem changing. He’s obviously not the same person he was in the beginning of the book mentally. He no longer plays childish games with scout. He also spends more time alone reading in his room or just chilling out, whereas before he always was having fun with scout and fooling around. We are starting to see that Jem is no longer a young boy. In the beginning of the book he appeared to be a child, but now he appears to be a young man. Jem is obviously not the character we used to know.
        In many ways I am changing as well. I don’t goof around like I used to, I am no longer found playing with action figures or other toys I used when I was younger. Instead you may find me playing sports, doing homework or skateboarding. I am also mush smarter and more serious. My intelligence has definitely altered since kindergarten, I now understand things that I didn’t think were even possible to understand when I was younger. I am also, obviously, not the same physically as I was many years ago. I am certainly not the same size, and not nearly as weak. I also can do things like shooting a three pointer, which I could never do before. Shooting a three pointer or kicking a soccer ball a far distance was something that I looked up to middle schoolers in amazement for being able to do. I’m also not the only one that’s changed, everyone around me has changed and are changing as we speak.
        Everyone we know has probably changed since you first met them. You probably have as well. Your not the same puny five year old you used to be. You probably don’t play with toddlers toys either. In the end everybody changes, nobody stays the same.