Change

People change. They grow up, move away, switch jobs, meet new people, and much more. It is simply part of life, and we cannot stop it. However, part of us never changes. While we may grow older and gain more knowledge along the way, there is a part inside us that will always remain the same. It was inside us when we were children, and it will remain there for the rest of our lives. This is the part that O' Brien mentions in this passage. "I was Timmy then; now I'm Tim. But the essence remains the same...inside the body, or beyond the body, there is something absolute and unchanging. The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on ice: a little kid, a twenty-three-year-old infantry sergeant, a middle-aged writer knowing guilt and sorrow" (page 236).