In Love that Dog by Sharon Creech, Jack is a character who changes significantly in the book. Jack’s change is shown not only in the poems he writes, but also in how he feels about poetry in general. In particular, his negative attitude regarding poetry at the start of the book becomes positive by the conclusion. To begin with, at the start of the novel, Jack is incredibly negative. This is shown in his very first poem, which begins the book with an angry mood. Specifically, his first poem from September 13 reads “I don’t want to because boys don’t write poetry”. Girls do” (7). The only reason Jack is writing the poem is because Miss Stretchberry forces him to. His September poems continue to be angry and confused by writing poetry. In October,