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__ Open Ended Response __ : __ //The Cat and the Pain-killer// __ In the passage, The Cat and the Pain-killer by Mark Twain shows that many people do not like taking medicine. Tom's feelings change when he first learns Becky is ill to the way he feels at the end of the story. When Tom gets the news of Becky's illness he feels like his life is gone. But by the end of the story he gets over it. In the beginning of the story it states, "The charm of his life was gone; there was nothing but dreariness left." At the end of the story it states,"...looking up in her face with a slight seriousness." In the first quote it proves that Tom felt like he has no life, then in the second quote it shows he tries to move on. This demonstrates Tom's feelings change and that he is a dynamic character.

There are always causes for changes in a person's feelings. The cause for the changes in Tom's feelings are the pain-killers Aunt Polly gives him. Many people can relate to this because almost everybody has taken medicine that helps them. First she stared giving him the quack treatments, which were 'fads/trends' and those did not help so she heard of the pain-killer. As soon a they were available to her she immediately she ordered a box and told Tom to start with these medicines! Since the medicine helps us then it must help Tom. This proves that the cause for the change in Tom's feelings is Aunt Polly's pain-killers.

Medicine can benefit you in a way that you cant imagine. Aunt Polly's quack treatments and pain-killers affected Tom's feelings by waking him up from his sadness. As stated in the story, "Tom felt it was time to wake up from his long state of sickness and heartache." The quote explains that the quack treatments did affect his feelings in a positive way.

All in all in the passage The Cat and the Pain-Killer by Mark Twain shows that many people don't like taking medicine but it still helps! media type="custom" key="20903342"