Essay #1

Change sometimes means devastation, but can also mean liberation. Freeing one of oppression but at the cost of companionship. In the novel by S.E. Hinton, Hawkes Harbor takes a the character orphan bastard Jamie and takes from him both his closest friend and the ability of a cherished activity. But in the end the losses were compensated by the gains. Jamie is separated from his life long friend and then became a slave to a mysterious man with an irresistible influence on Jamie now.

 Jamie, once the slave of the mysterious man, began to lose both himself and his mental health. Throughout this suspense filled story, everything Jamie does seems to hurt him a lot. The man commands him to do his bidding and forces him to bring him the woman he secretly loves to be sacrifice to reincarnate the evils man departed loved one. Even after freeing his loved one, he is blamed for the kidnapping and was barrage bullets by the woman's husband seriously injuring Jamie. Which is the reason for later taking his beloved ability.

The gains brought by the exile of a only friend and being under the influence of a man who he would later respect. Jamie has been an orphan traveling with a mentor robbing, smuggling, etc. He was consider a bastard by many. But eventually as the time being the slave of the man. Jamie became the slave to the friend of him forming a closer bond between him becoming like a butler to the man future family, Jamie experience luxury with him throughout the years. By the end Jamie died with something he would never had if he never went to the Hawkes Harbor and stick with his friend, Jamie would never have a family or prob;y a roof over his head.

The disruption in ones life may cause damage or generate new opportunities. Jamie went through hell before the gates were open to him. But in the end he died with no regrets still seeing him once capture as a respectful master, like a  butler to a man. Building a friendship with all connected to him. The path for Jamie was both covered with shadows and holes but in the end. The exile or change to his life made him a better man and made him someone who would be missed when he left.