In Jack Schaefer's novel Shane, Jack Schaefer states his oppinion on peoples ability to change. Shane says to Bob, "A man is what he is, Bob, and there's no breaking the mold." Jack Scaefer supports this quote by making Shane return to his old method of dealing with problems. When Shane first arrived he was dessed in all black. Shane later tells the Starrett family thatr he was a gunfighter in his past. Later in …showed first 75 words of 787 total…

…showed last 75 words of 787 total…example, in A Christmas Carol Scrooge is shown the future if he doesn't change, seeing that gives Scrooge a "reality check" and enables him to change with great ease. If a smoker wishes to change, doctors often let the person see people who have been affected greatly by the dangers of smoking. Being able to change is everybodys right, not being able to change at a certain age would be like taking their freedom away.