Changes happen to every young person, many people however do not document the evolutions they go through as young adults. The story Out of the Dust documents the changes Billie Jo goes through as a young adult. Billie Jo starts off the book as a pensive young woman who lives on a farm with her father and mother during the dust bowl. She works hard at her schoolwork earning good grades and entertaining local people by sharing her gift of playing the piano. Billie Jo feels that her

The main reason Billie Jo was able to initiate a change in her attitude was by running away and meeting people as desperate as she was. By seeing people in the same situation made her realize that she is not the only person in the world with problems and running away does not help the situation. For example “We talked as the train rocked, as the cars creaked, as he miles showed nothing but empty space, we talked through the pink of the setting sun, and into the dark. I told him bout Ma dying. I told him about my father, and how the thing that scared us both the most was being left alone.” This is the best therapy that Billie Jo could’ve received, just talking about her problems with someone who would listen. Telling someone, other than herself, that she misses her mother and is scared of going on with out her and even more scared of loosing her father. By Billie Jo finally getting her feelings out in the open she finally gives herself a chance to look back on her actions and realize that she has, in fact caused most of the problems she has had. This stimulates Billie Jo to go back home and change the way she has been living her life.

In conclusion, we have followed a young girl through many aspects of her inner thoughts, from her deepest fears, to her biggest dreams. Although many of her fears actually came true, Billie Jo has also found the strength to change herself and make it possible for her wildest dreams to come true. She finds that her father does love her, that she was not the only cause of her mother’s death. She also finds that she is truly like her father in many ways and discovers who she really is. Billie Jo also discovers that she is truly sad, not only because of her mothers death but also because through that tragic event she has also grown apart from her father, and the thought of loosing another parent scares her so much that she pushes him further and further away. All of this changes a young innocent girl into a strong independent woman, who knows the meaning of family and hard times. And who understands that life is not an easy journey, but by working hard she will accomplish anything she puts her mind to.

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