The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963: Character Analysis

Everyone changes a little or a lot during their life. In the novel “The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963” two of the main characters named Byron and Kenny both change a lot. I think Byron changed the most on the inside and outside because he changes emotionally, physically, and he matures throughout the book.
First of all, Byron changes a lot emotionally. Byron was mean and inconsiderate at the beginning of the book but later on becomes nicer and more understanding. The first signs of this are when he buries a bird he killed. Now you may think it’s pretty mean to kill a bird, but he accidentally did it and it shows he’s becoming nicer because before he probably would have left it there. Another sign is when Byron saves Kenny from drowning. In chapter 13 it says that Byron held him while crying and kissing his head after saving him. It’s pretty normal to save your brother from drowning but what he did after was the change, because the old Byron probably wouldn’t have done most of those things. Byron also has a heart to heart talk with Kenny about his feelings and why he’s not being himself and Kenny starts to cry and in chapter 15 it says “Most of the time when I started sounding weepy and whiny he’d take …show more content…
At the beginning of the book Byron and Kenny have to scrape the ice off the family car and Byron decides to kiss his reflection in the mirror. Little did he know that this was an extremely bad idea and he gets his lips stuck to the glass. It takes a lot of effort but Byron’s mom pulls him off and he loses a big chunk of the skin on his lips which is a physical change. Byron makes another bad decision when he gets a conk. A conk is where you use chemicals to alter the way your hair looks. Byron gets a conk and his parents aren’t very happy about it so Byron’s dad completely shaves Byron’s head. Also a lot later Byron shows Kenny that he grew a chin hair. These all show that Byron changed a lot