Grant Wiggins' life crises were the center of the story.
             Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, he
             himself became more of one as a result. Not to say that
             Jefferson was not in any way transformed from the "hog" he
             was into an actual man, but I believe this story was really
             written about Mr. Wiggins. Mr. Wiggins improved as a
             person greatly in this book, and that helped his relationships
             with other people for the most part. At the start of the book,
             he more or less hated Jefferson, but after a while he became
             his friend and probably the only person Jefferson felt he
             could trust. The turning point in their relationship was the one
             visit in which Jefferson told Mr. Wiggins that he wanted a
             gallon of ice cream, and that he never had enough ice cream
             in his whole life. At that point Jefferson confided something
             in Mr. Wiggins, something that I didn't see Jefferson doing
             often at all in this book. "I saw a slight smile come to his
             face, and it was not a bitter smile. Not bitter at all"; this is the
             first instance in which Jefferson breaks his somber barrier
             and shows emotions. At that point he became a man, not a
             hog. As far as the story tells, he never showed any sort of
             emotion before the shooting or after up until that point. A
             hog can't show emotions, but a man can. There is the
             epiphany of the story, where Mr. Wiggins realizes that the
             purpose of life is to help make the world a better place, and
             at that time he no longer minds visiting Jefferson and begins
             becoming his friend. Mr. Wiggins' relationship with his Aunt
             declined in this story, although it was never very strong. His
             Aunt treated him like he should be a hog and always obey,
             yet she wanted him to make a hog into a man. His Aunt was
             not a very nice person, she would only show kindness
             towards people who shared many of her views, and
             therefore was probably a very hard person to get along with.
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