Kate The Great By Meg Cabot: Character Analysis

In “Kate the Great” by Meg Cabot, Jenny realizes people change even if you don’t think they will change overtime. Jenny has realized that Kate was pretending to be someone she is not just to keep a good image on herself. Kate is being someone she is not because Kate thinks that Jenny won’t let her come inside after she realizes Jenny was babysitting Molly and that Molly’s parents didn't ask her to babysit Molly. “I wasn’t nervous just because it was Kate and every time Kate saw me lately she called me a baby,” (Cabot, pg. 33). Jenny has also realized that Kate has matured over the past couple of years. “Jenny didn’t want to go to the mall, she wanted to go to the library,”(Cabot, pg. 37). Jenny has now realized that Kate and her have different interests/hobbies and that it’s causing them to grow apart from one another. Jenny realized that over time Kate doesn’t have the same interest/hobbies that she used to.

Jenny is surprised because Kate always tells Jenny how popular she is and all the parties she gets invited too. “Kate doesn’t have many friends,” (Cabot, pg. 44). Jenny started to feel bad for Kate. “I stopped hating on Kate,” (Cabot, pg. 45). Jenny now realized that Kate has only been saying these things to still have hope that Jenny will still want be friends with her and they can still be friends throughout their high school experiences. Jenny realized that Kate has been saying these things for a good reason and she forgives Kate for