How Does Heathcliff Mature

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Heathcliff is a character from the novel, Wuthering Heights. This character faces many injustices in his life. This injustices made him grow as a person and created character. Therefore, life being unfair with him created the desire for him to make what he thought was just. First of all, the decision people make in life are in result of decisions they took in one point earlier in their life, whether they were the ideal decisions or not this changes people for the rest of their lives; this is exactly what happened to the character of this novel, Heathcliff. As a youngster, Heathcliff was a boy with a noble heart. However, life presented him through situations ;for example, the love of his life acted as a wealthy person,therefore she treated

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