Pancakes Quotes

“Don’t be afraid to change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something better." (Unknown). This is a quote that shows that change isn’t all that bad. This is also shown in the short story Pancakes by Joan Bauer, when the main character changes and because of it becomes a better friend and more enjoyable to be around. Jill, the main character, is a teenage girl who is an extreme perfectionist. When one day Jill is the only one at the pancake house she works at, she becomes very stressed. Later, when everything is running smoothly , she realizes that not everything will be perfect and she won’t always be perfect. Jill is a dynamic character who changes by not being as much of a perfectionist, liking Allen Feinman again,

Near the beginning of the story Jill shows Hugo how to pour syrup without spilling, but Hugo has to be reminded every time to not spill. “Syrup, I tried explaining to Hugo, the busboy, must be poured slowly from the huge cans into the plastic pourers on the tables because if you pour it fast, you can’t control the flow and you get syrup everywhere, which never really cleans up.” (Bauer). This is a quote from the beginning of the story that shows what Jill said when Hugo was spilling syrup all over. This was before the long day at work and while Jill was an extreme purist. After this day Hugo must once again refill the syrup bottles. “Hugo was speed-pouring boysenberry syrup, spilling everywhere—but somehow it didn’t matter anymore. It was good enough.” (Bauer). Saying that something was “good enough” was something that Jill would have never said at the beginning of the story. She was a idealist and nothing was ever good enough. Jill could only say that if she was learning to be less worried about everything being just right. Jill becoming less of a perfectionist is on the most important changes in the

In the beginning of the story Jill breaks up with Allen and she really didn’t like him. She thought that he should appreciate her perfectionism more. She says, “remembered my second to last fight with Allen when he went completely ballistic at my selfless offer to alphabetize his CD collection with a color-coded cross-reference guide by subject, title, and artist. Males.” (Bauer). Jill shows that she thinks that she didn’t do anything to make him want to break up with her. When Allen walks into the pancake house she dreads seeing him, but in the end he really helped her. That is when they start to like each other again because Jill is less of a perfectionist. When they are done and are sitting talking, “ Allen Feinman and I were sitting at a back table eating pancakes. He said he’d missed me. I said I’d missed him, too.” (Bauer). Now that Jill is not such an extreme perfectionist Allen likes her, and Jill realizes why Allen broke up with her, she likes him too. Jill’s relationship is one major change in the