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In the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike, the statement: people don't really change.They stay mostly the same person throughout their lifetime, is modified. By showing peoples experiences of what they have been through will shape you as a person.

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In the short story Oliver's Evolution, written by John Updike, shows that people do not change unless they go through an event that changes their mindset from making the same mistakes over and over again.

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The statement 'People don't really change. They stay mostly the same person throughout their lifetime' disproves this statement in "Oliver's Evolution" through his experiences in his entire lifetime.

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The story "Oliver's Evolution", by John Updike disproves the following statement "people don't really change. They stay mostly same person throughout their lifetime," because Oliver became a caring person after all the sufferings he has been through

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Jordan Lamprides, Vanessa Kalwa, Alima Conde

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Jordan Lamprides, Vanessa Kalwa, Alima Conde

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In the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike, the statement given is disproved because it is shown that when people go through bad experiences, they use them to shape their own lives while also changing other's lives for the better.

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In the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike shows People do change as they grow older. Oliver changes when he grows from a sad hopeless boy in the beginning to a happy strong man at the end.

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In the short story "Oliver Evolution" by John Updike, the theme of the story is about moving on from your past mistakes. This is shown at the end of the story, when Oliver gets married.

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Throughout the hardships in a persons life they can choose to change it positively or continue to be the same. The author develops this by showing Oliver's hardship from child to adult and showing how he chose to change, positively.

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In the story "Oliver's Evolution, by John Updike, shows how certain responsibilities can make others more mature. The author develops this by showing the life before and after Oliver gets older and more mature.

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In short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike conveys a theme that a persons past does not indicate their future. This is shown through Oliver changing throughout the story.

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In the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike the theme is that People are shaped by their experiences and it impacts their lives for the better. The theme is displayed when Oliver creates his own family and lives happier than as a child.

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In the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike, the theme that people use their own experiences to shape and change not only their own lives, but the ones of others is developed through the shift in tone, the diction used to describe significant points in Oliver's life, and Oliver's characterization.

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The short story “Oliver’s Evolution” by John Updike disproves the statement. It should be modified to “People change. They don’t stay mostly the same person throughout their lifetime.”

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A theme for the story “Oliver’s Evolution” by John Updike is that, despite appearing to be weak at first, a person can become strong and a support for other people. A way that this theme is created is through the use of characterization.

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The short story called "Oliver Evolution" by John Updike disproves the statement. The story proves that people do change as they get older/mature. In the story Oliver went through a lot and had a lot of injuries and emotional problems, but at the end he overcame that and ended up being the stable person for his own family.

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The theme for the short story "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike is that a person can overcome what they have been through to shape their lives to be better then what is was before. The author proves this by showing Oliver's past and what he went through and by ending the story with a good ending of Oliver having a family and him supporting his wife who was just like him with challenging problems.

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In the short story, "Oliver's Evolution" by John Updike disproves the statement, it shows that tough times change people/a person, and they learn from them, helping others with things they've learned.

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The theme in the short story, "Oliver's Evolution" by, John Updike is that bad experiences could have a good outcome. This is shown by the story showing an individual, Oliver, having a tough life but in the end, it shows he learned from these tough times and helps another out with what he learned and been through. Which strengthened their relationship, having a good outcome.