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Who Moved My Cheese
Taylor Brown
Mrs. Anne Aiken-Kush
COL 103-005
27 October 2014

Who Moved My Cheese? The message from the book Who Moved My Cheese was that if you want something in life you have to go out and get it and that no one hand is going to hand it to you. Meaning there will be changes in your life and you have to be willing to accept it; and not be afraid of the word change. Because if you're not willing to open up to change life will pass you by without looking back. The character I can say I identify the most is the mouse which was Haw. My reason for saying this is because Haw was a person who wasn't willing to accept change at first because his friend kept telling him how he didn't want to accept it because he was scared and that Hem kept saying how there was nothing better out there for them. So instead of Haw doing what he wanted to do he kept listening to his friend and not his heart. But at the end he was starting to open up to change, and he saw that change was good for him. I would have to say my cheese is my future goal which is to be a physical therapist assistant. However I can't be a Haw anymore I have to be a Scurry who sees what's needed and take action to it immediately. I can't just sit around and not think I'm going to become a PTA by being a Haw who takes their time opening up to change when I need to be willing to open to it a little quicker. The character I can relate to someone I know is Hem. I can relate Hem to someone is because they wasn't willing to accept change at all. They were the best athlete in high school, and everyone looked up to them. But when it was time for them to graduate from high school and attend college she was so excited because she was going to try-out for the basketball team. Until the day it finally came to try-out, the coaches were giving plays to run and she didn't run them because she use to come up with her own plays like in high school; and her coach would run them and she felt like she was in charge all

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