life crises were the center of the story. Although he was supposed to

make Jefferson into a man, he himself became more of one as a result.

Not to say that Jefferson was not in any way transformed from the "hog" he

was into an actual man, but I believe this story was really written

about Mr. Wiggins. Mr. Wiggins improved as a person greatly in this

book, and that helped his relationships with other people for the

most part. At the start of the book, he more or less hated Jefferson, but

after a while he became his friend and probably the only person

Jefferson felt he could trust. The turning point in their relationship

was the one visit in which Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that he wanted a

gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream in his whole

life. At that point Jefferson confided something in Mr. Wiggins,

something that I didn't see Jefferson doing often at all in this book.

"I saw a slight smile come to his face, and it was not a bitter

smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the first instance in which

Jefferson breaks his somber barrier and shows emotions. At that point

story, where Mr. Wiggins realizes that the purpose of life is to help make

Aunt more or less forced him to do it. He really had no motivation

both spawn from the crimes of two characters with no other relevance

other items for Jefferson. Mr. Wiggins seemed to be well respected by

for the bar." I suppose he had enough money to get by, but not much

man, and what he could do to make the time Jefferson had left to be the

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