Alexandra is a firm believer in the idea that a person has the ability to change over time. Do you have a characteristic that you’d like to change for the better? Think about what you know about the idea of change, and write a 100- to 150-word paragraph describing something you want to change about yourself. Use specific details in your paragraph to support your answer.

                      WHAT I WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT MYSELF

I am a young man in my early twenties, I am a jovial person who relates well with people. However, there is a characteristic I want to change about myself which is my tendency to be quick-tempered.

I can go from 0-100 in under a second and the change from calmness to rage is always startling, even to myself. In this state, I am likely to cause damage that would be very costly. I remembered the last time I lost my temper, I used a baseball bat to smash the windscreen of someone's car. What happened that day was that the driver of the car hit the fender of my car in his drunken state and when I went up to him, he hurled abuses on me so I lost my cool, got a baseball bat, and completely destroyed his windscreen.

That action of mine was not without consequence as I was arrested and charged with violent conduct and assault, and ended up paying for the windscreen.

If I was more rational and level headed, all that could have been avoided. So, the character i want to change is my quick temper.

rudy is the nazi ideal, unfortunately for the nazis his ideal comes in the form of jesse the complete opposite of those who embrace the idea of white supremacy. over the course of the novel, rudy learns that he wants nothing to do with the hitler youth, and because of this his parents are forced to make a bargain; rudy's father is forced into the military, so that his son can remain home.   both liesel and hans influence that young man that rudy becomes. following han's example, rudy puts aside his own hunger to risk his life so that the jewish prisoners might have bread to eat.