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Wesley's Changes In Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

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Changing from beating people up and stealing their money, to being their friend, is one of the biggest changes that can be made. In the book Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, the character that changed the most, was named Wesley Cobble. Wesley changed the most for multiple reasons. One of the reasons is that at the beginning of the book, Wesley stole money from Scott and other kids. But later on, Wesley stops stealing people’s money, and even becomes friends with Scott! The first reason that Wesley was the most fluxuasius, was the fact that in the beginning of the book, he was stealing not just money, but other things from people. At multiple times, he siphones the gas from someone’s car, then puts it into his car. A certain excerpt from the book states, “But by then he’d popped the trunk and pulled out a gas can, along with a couple feet of plastic tubing. I knew enough about the laws of physics to guess what was going to happen next. Visions of jail danced in my head as I watched him stroll over to a car, open the door, release the gas cap, and start siphoning. Then he came back and poured the gas into his tank” (Lubar 185) …show more content…

At first, Scott was one of the kids that Wesley had stolen from. But after thinking that Scott was in the office for doing something bad, Wesley likes Scott. They become friends, and Wesley does a lot to help Scott out. The books says, “When I got outside, I found Wesley waiting by the passenger side. He was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, blue sport coat, pressed dress pants, and a chauffeur’s cap. I stared at his clothes. He barely even glanced at my hair. ‘What the … where’d you …’ He grinned. ‘Borrowed it. Slick, huh’ All I could do was nod. ‘Well, get in.’” (Lubar

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