In the short story” Teacher Tamer” by Avi, The main character changes throughout the story due to a conflict between him and his teacher. Gregory is a brilliant kid who is always bullied in class by his other classmates. Their teacher Mrs. Wessex was always described as nasty and the students had no discipline which caused her to become very strict. This is what caused the change in the story and this is expressed at the end of the story when Gregory is listening to what his teacher is saying.
At the beginning of the story, Gregory is a very calm and smart character. Gregory is also very kind considering what happened even after his teacher said all those things to him, he still kept his hand up and answered her questions. The text states” When Mrs. Wessex asked a question, It was always Gregory who had his hand up”(1, Avi). This quote shows that Gregory was a really kind and respectful person. Another quote that supports this is” More often than not he had the right answer, too”(1, Avi). These two quotes show that Gregory is smart and respectful. This is because the quote shows that he
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The kid that bullied Gregory threw a spitball at Mrs. Wessex. Mrs. Wessex knew who it was yet she picked on Gregory. This is what changed his behavior. The text states” I didn’t do it”(3, Avi). This shows us that Gregory is trying to protest. The second piece of evidence from the text is” Young man, I believe you did”(3, Avi). These two quotes show that Gregory got accused of throwing the spitball. Gregory plans to take revenge and sneaks into Mrs. Wessex’s house. He later finds out that she was forced to do it because she didn’t want Ryan Jurgensen to hate her even more than he does now. She started expressing her feelings to her Mom while Gregory was there. Gregory later came up to her and told her that she was the best teacher in the world which changed her feelings about