Compare And Contrast Essay On Counting By 7's
Compare and Contrast Essay: Over the Course of Counting By 7’s
Willow Chance changed and became a better person over the course of the book Counting By 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. She became more open-minded to new and strange experiences. One of the biggest changes, however, was her basic interaction with humans and her involvement in the community. Although a lot of her basic characteristics still remained, Willow matured in many other ways.
For one thing, Willow used to have a very fixed mindset way of thinking. Willow mentions (as the book is written in first person) that the only reason she regularly left the house, not counting going to the forced camp-prison also known as middle school and her weekly trip to the library, is to observe …show more content…
Her entire mindset changed after living with different people, and viewing the world through a whole new different perspective. Before her parent’s death, she didn’t really look at humans as people to interact with, but rather as organisms to observe. She would take pictures of people who may have had skin disorders. Willow would go to the mall, not to shop, but to make field notes and flashcards about the different types of diseases she saw. After her parent’s death, and after everything she went through, she did things that helped her community. For example, she started the project of making a real garden in the Gardens of Glenwood. She took the initiative by going to the bank and getting the approval. This proves that she was really invested in that project. I mean, how often do you see a 12-year old going up to a bank official and submitting a binder full of reasons as to why she should be allowed to plant a garden at the Gardens of Glenwood? She was the one who led the team and whole project. This shows, that over time, Willow stopped looking at humans as specimens, and more as people that she could interact
Willow Chance changed and became a better person over the course of the book Counting By 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. She became more open-minded to new and strange experiences. One of the biggest changes, however, was her basic interaction with humans and her involvement in the community. Although a lot of her basic characteristics still remained, Willow matured in many other ways.
For one thing, Willow used to have a very fixed mindset way of thinking. Willow mentions (as the book is written in first person) that the only reason she regularly left the house, not counting going to the forced camp-prison also known as middle school and her weekly trip to the library, is to observe …show more content…
Her entire mindset changed after living with different people, and viewing the world through a whole new different perspective. Before her parent’s death, she didn’t really look at humans as people to interact with, but rather as organisms to observe. She would take pictures of people who may have had skin disorders. Willow would go to the mall, not to shop, but to make field notes and flashcards about the different types of diseases she saw. After her parent’s death, and after everything she went through, she did things that helped her community. For example, she started the project of making a real garden in the Gardens of Glenwood. She took the initiative by going to the bank and getting the approval. This proves that she was really invested in that project. I mean, how often do you see a 12-year old going up to a bank official and submitting a binder full of reasons as to why she should be allowed to plant a garden at the Gardens of Glenwood? She was the one who led the team and whole project. This shows, that over time, Willow stopped looking at humans as specimens, and more as people that she could interact