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The great Richard Bach once said “Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.” Often people overlook the fact that their conscience is telling them that they are selfish, but it is up to them to fix it. In his novel, The Wednesday wars, Gary Schmidt highlights the dangers of being selfish and self-centered through the changes of Holling Hoodhood. Holling becomes less self-centered and more loving because of the lessons that Mrs. Baker and Heather have taught him, allowing him to be more loving toward others. At the beginning of the novel Holling Hoodhood is very self-centered, thinking that many people, specifically Mrs. Baker (His teacher) and Heather (his sister), hate him. Holling is the only

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