Bryce's Motive Changes In The Story 'Flipped'

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In the story Flipped, Bryce’s main motive changes throughout the story. In the beginning of the story his immature motives are based off of him trying to get away from Juli because of him being annoyed with her when she was trying to be nice to him. Right away Bryce decides that Juli is a girl that needs to be avoided. “All I ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone” Bryce is to afraid of what is going on around him that he doesn't know how to think for himself. While this is happening Juli just sees a cute boy in the beginning but she doesn’t know what she actually thinks of him on the inside. Unlike Bryce, Juli has more of a free spirit and doesn’t care what people think of her. When Juli gets older she realizes Bryce isn’t the kind

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