Gwyn's Life example essay topic

" The Difference Between Good and Evil" In this book, everyone changes. All the characters underwent difficult hardships that some dealt with well, while others had some trouble with it. In the end everyone is happy with the outcome of his or her actions, and all is well. The characters that I believe changed the most in the end of the story, which I choose to discuss, are Gwyn, Tad, and Blithe. Gwyn was the leading heroin of the story. She grew up in her father's Inn, doing chores and looking after her spoiled little brother, Tad.

In the beginning of the story, Gwyn always feels bad for the less fortunate around her, but she never did anything about that. She had no time for that sort of stuff. She had chores in the Inn, a sickly grandfather, and a spoiled younger brother who she was always responsible for. The following quote is an example of how Gwyn feels about the misfortune of others".

But why should she feel badly to have warm feet, dry feet? Or guilty-because she felt guilty too-that she had good fortune and did nothing to share it. Even if she did give her boots away, that would only be one pair of feet, out of many, kept dry and warm. Only one pair of feet out the many. Still, she half wished she had the heart to give them, even though it would do only little good". Pg 13 The Lords visit to the Inn changed Gwyn's life forever.

When she and the Lords left and the huge storm hit, she was forced to have to look after the Lordling, Gaderian. While watching Gaderian, Gwyn stumbles across a costume that supposedly once belonged to the legendary Jackaroo. This Jackaroo used to be nothing to Gwyn except and old fairytale, about the man that stole from the rich and gave to the poor, but after her find, she had reason to think differently. When back at home in the Inn, Gwyn began to see everything another way. Instead of watching and feeling bad for others misfortunes, why not act upon them? So Gwyn decided to take her new money that she acquired from watching Gaderian, and give it to people that she believed deserved it.

After dressing up as Jackaroo a few times, and helping a few families, Gwyn went to her next challenge; to free her father's brother from the sentence of being hanged. The brother merely laughed at Gwyn and refused to go with her". 'And I'd not be you, not for the world. I say that, and today I saw the girl I should have stayed home to marry has married my brother, and the children I should have had were his, and the Inn that was mine had prospered under his hand. All because I put on that mask. ' " Pg 234 The following quote is what the Brother; also known as the Highwayman, said to Gwyn.

He also told her some more things that made Gwyn realize how foolish she was to actually believe that all her actions would soon be forgotten. Gwyn had only one thing left to do before she could forget about Jackaroo forever, and that was to rescue her friend Cam from being accused as Jackaroo, because he had the habit of not thinking about the consequences of his actions. When Gwyn shows herself, a few more unexpected events follow, which forces her to move away from her family for good and settle in the South. Gwyn goes from a typical towns person to a helpless, injured girl who has to move away from her family and never see them again, just because of a risk she decided to take. Gwyn learned that the consequences of her doings led her to the life that she was required to take, and if she had not put on a silly little costume, her life would twist in a totally different direction. In the beginning of the story, Tad was a spoiled little boy.

He always got his way and he was never used to working or doing chores. The following two quotes describes how Gwyn feels about her brother, no matter how much she loved him. She knew that he was a bad child, and completely insecure for his age. He depended on everyone to help him and protect him from all harm, when he never did anything for the sake of others".

She didn't know what happened to Tad to make him the way he was. He was as bad as a Lord, the way he acted. He hadn't been whipped enough, he hadn't been given enough work-but her mother had been so afraid to lose him and Da had given way to her in everything concerning Tad". Pg 19" Tad had no sympathy for the troubles of others. Gwyn almost wished that she had his cold heart, as she tried not to remember, trying to think ahead to the safety of home". Pg 23 During the story, Tad had to undergo many difficult situations.

He had to suffer his sister's harsh comments and requests, watch a poor man hang, and watch his beloved sister suffer terrible pain and then disappear from his life forever". As they waited for the last flames to burn down to embers, Gwyn noted the pale, uneasy face and his firm resolute mouth. This last day had made him years older, she thought. She could see the beginnings of the man he would grow up to be". Pg 452 This quote is how Gwyn notices the change in Tad. She realizes that he is growing up from his old, selfish ways.

In the end of the story, Tad transforms from a selfish, spoiled, and indifferent boy to a mature, intelligent, and caring young man. Although Blithe had suffered a terrible trauma in her life, she faced her problems poorly. Instead of trying to realize the importance of family and trying to help all she could, and give birth to another baby, Blithe blocked everyone out of her life and focused only on her problems and misfortunes". ' It's as if,' Gwyn's mother said to Gwyn, watching Blithe walk away in the afternoon, drooping on Guy's arm 'she's not the only woman to lose a child. She's stubborn in her grief, your sister. ' " Pg 56 This quote is how Gwyn's mother and the rest of the family feel about Blithe.

She is too disappointed about what she couldn't help prevent from happening, that she took no notice of the people that loved and cared for her. In the end, Blithe, of course, is rescued from her grief. The so-called Jackaroo rescues a baby, whose parents have perished, and gives the child to Blithe. At first Blithe protests, but she learns to love the baby, and soon she gives it a name and treats it as part of the family. In this sense Blithe changes a great deal.

She learns to accept the fact that what happened, happened, and nothing could change that. She learned that it is possible to love and respect life for what it is. As I previously mentioned, everyone in the story changes. They all learn the importance of family and how to accept the outcome of their actions. Although, nobody's life went as planned, everyone found the bright side, and made the most of what they had.