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Homer at the beginning of the book Homer is a very boisterous boy who is loud and all over the place. He does not care what people think of him. He always “plays”around with his friends at school. Sometimes his friends and himself have competitions on who can break the school windows by banging their heads against the windows. A quote to show this “You would take turns walking up and head-butting the window, and see who would break it first.” (Ellie pg,15) When Homer and some of his friends are going to “Hell”, Homer doesn’t care about anything in the world and . He only cares about what he is going to do when he is in “Hell”. “What do you think I an going to to down there?” (Homer pg, 25) He is taking everything that he he has and what he is going to do for granted, because he thinks that nothing could go wrong. …show more content…

Throughout the book Homer changes dramatically. When the war begins and Homer understands that he is no longer can be boisterous and because it could cost him his life if he makes a mistake. He starts to like Fi and is always trying to catch a glance at her. Do you like Fi Homer?” (Ellie pg, 77). He changes when the war is happening because he starts caring about others and cares about what he does. Homer can also read his friends moods due to him becoming more mature. “Afterwards, Homer said I was mad.” (Ellie pg, 128). Homer is changing because of Fi and how he is acting different because he knows that nothing that he has can and won’t be taken for granted. Even his

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