The Boy Who Changed The Most In Sleeping Freshman Never Lie

Wesley Cobble - money stealing bully, with no friends, and someone who people never want to cross paths with. Turned out to be, a kind, caring person, who actually wants to make friends, and is better than what people make of him to be. Sleeping Freshman Never Lie is a novel about a boy named Scott Hudson, and how his life plays out through the first year of highschool. He goes through making new friends,one of which is Wesley Cobble, losing friends, going way out of his comfort zone, trying to get a girl to like him, and just trying to get through homework, his mother being pregnant, and other difficulties with High School. Wesley changed the most in Sleeping Freshman Never Lie because he went from being a loner to developing friendships,

In the beginning of the book, Wesley stole money from other students, including Scott. Getting more into the book Wesley develops a friendship with Scott, let alone Wesley is the one who starts the friendship. Wesley goes out of his way to make Scott like him, such as driving Scott to and from school, and just being very kind and friendly towards Scott. In the novel it says, “Then at lunch, who should promulgate across the cafeteria and drop down into a seat opposite of me while I was masticating some macaroni and cheese? Yup. My new pal. Right in the seat that used to be Kyle’s (Lubar 170). This quote shows that Wesley is the one who made an effort to be Scott’s friend, and the one who started the friendship with

Everyone thought that Wesley was a bully because he stole lunch money from people, got into fights, and was just one of those people, who acted tough and made people know not to get in his way. But over the course of the book Wesley’s true self came out, he wanted friends, and put an effort into being nice to Scott. Wesley also kinda took Scott under his wing, and looked out for him during high school, made sure no one picked on Scott. In the novel it says, “The driver hit the brakes, threw the car in reverse, and pulled up to the curb. It was Wesley. Everyone in the group took at least one giant step back.

Wesley leaned over and rolled down the passenger window. “Hop in”(Lubar 173) This quote shows that everyone at the bus stop was scared of Wesley, imagine how people acted around him at school. This also shows how Wesley and effort to become a good guy, and become good friends with