How Does Watson's Character Change

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It is often said that change can affect your life in a whole other way. In Christopher Paul Curtis’s historical fictional novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, the main character Kenny Watson goes to the dangerous and spooky Collier's Landing where no man has ever lived.The dynamic character Kenny Watson transforms after arriving in Birmingham.

Kenny Watson’s change is so important to the novel because it shows that after an awful event, it can change someone’s perspective and how they see the world. When the Watson’s are exploring Birmingham for the first time they all end up meeting with the scary Collier’s Landing “ Oh man! Collier’s Landing I said let’s go. I figured that I was getting old enough to

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