Jem Numbers Analysis

In the book Numbers, Jem goes from having nobody who loves her to having many, but it comes with a price. In the book Jem is in a foster home, and has nobody who is there for her. Jem doesn't want to be close to anyone. Jem acts shy and doesn't want to get close to people because she can see their death date, by just looking into their eyes. She thinks this is a curse, but some people think it is a gift. In the book Numbers by Rachel Ward, Jem is shy and wants to be alone, but through meeting and falling in love with Spider, she breaks out of her shell and realizes how love can change her. In the beginning of the book Jem didn't want anybody in her life, she always wanted to be alone, towards the end of the story Jems main goal was to protect …show more content…
“Most of all, there was a chance I could save Spider” (307). Jem thought she mad up the numbers, and if she died maybe the number would go away. Jem changed in many ways usually good, but she also had loss in her process of changing. “He teetered on the edge for about a split second, eyes still on me, thrashing his arms wildly... and then her was gone, falling backward, a look of surprise on his face” (311). This quote explains the moment when Spider went to jump with Jem because he didn't want to live without her, they both decided they would get down, but Spider fell and died. Jem loved spider so much she would die for him, but in the process of showing what she would do for him, she killed him. Jem changes caused her to gain a lot, but caused her to loss the one person she loved most, and who loved her equally. In the book Numbers by Rachel Ward, Jem is shy and wants to be alone, but through meeting and falling in love with Spider, she breaks out of her shell and realizes how love can change her. Through Jems experience we can learn that in order to gain you have to loss along the way. This can make it very hard to change. In the book Jem gained a lot through her experience with Spider, but was it worth her loss of