Brother Dear Response

How are people transformed through their relationships with others?

  In the short story, Brother Dear, Sharlene changed very much from the start of the short story until the end. At the start of the short story, Sharlenes relationship with her brother is rocky and her father and her do not agree on her future. Much like in my family, my sister get along fine, but me and my parents have trouble agreeing on what i should do with my future. Towards the middle of the story, Sharlene is even more torn on her future decisions because she is seeing by what Greg is doing that following her fathers orders might be the better route for the future. At the very end of the story, Sharlene is confronted by Greg and he sheds new light on her life. She finally realizes that everyone has their own reasons for everything they do and that the decision for her future should be theirs and theirs alone. So we can see from the start of the story she was timid and who to follow, but at the end she realizes she should do neither, and choose herself.