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Zach's Metamorphosis In Force Out By Jim Green

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An embryo changes jerasticly overtime. They are just little things of flesh when they are in early development, but then they start to grow. When they are in early development, you can’t see the difference between a human embryo and a chicken embryo. But as they grow you can start to see the differences between them and the changes in their appearance. This is what happens in the book Force Out by Jim Green. One of the main characters Zach makes jurassic changes to his personality throughout the book. Zach used to only care about sports, but now he is paying close attention to the way his friends are feeling. In the beginning of the book, Zach was just a regular jock who only cared about sports, joking around and doesn’t pay attention …show more content…

He finally starts to notice how his friends are feeling. In this part of the book, Zack got the only slot on the team and Joey becomes very jealous. Zach later realizes that Joey is hurt. Joey said, “ ‘ Hopefully, I’ll be getting one of the wild spots later today, right, Zach?’ Zach glanced quickly at Butch Barrett, who sat smirking…”(103) This clear shows that Zach feels bad for Joey especially when the narrator says, “Zach glanced quickly at Butch Barrett, who sat smirking”(103). It shows that Zach knows Butch is going to make the team over Joey, but he doesn’t want to say it because he doesn’t want Joey to be hurt. He doesn’t want to ruin Joey’s hope. This proves that Zach changes throughout the course of the book. By the end of the story, Zach begins to change from guilty to apologetic and upset. In this part of the book, Joey got to play one game for the all-star team because one of the players couldn't go. Zach said,“ I just wish you were going with me. It’s like a force-out. I hate that only one of us could make it”(282). Zach is clearly upset, as shown when he says,” I hate that only one of us could make it”(282). He says “ I hate”, which clearly shows he is unhappy with the outcome. He also said “ I just wish”, which shows he wants a different outcome because he feels bad for

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