In the phenomenal novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Anne Burn, a character's perception must change to better fit the reality in which he lives. In each novel, the character begins the book accepting society's skewed views of life and how it should be lived. As the work progresses, the characters experience something that requires a change of point of view and this experience often arrives at the novel's climactic moment. As the reader continues to digest the literature, they find that towards the end, the characters have developed a less prejudiced outlook on life. Their perception has changed to match their reality. We see him in Scout Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and in Will Tweedy, the young man from Cold Sassy Tree. Both characters are dynamic; changing throughout the novel and begin their character in a place of complacency. Scout absentmindedly accepts her town's racial prejudices as right and normal. Will accepts the social and class restrictions of his society without looking back. With these characters serving as examples, the reader quickly realizes that society's opinions are impacted in our minds from childhood, wedging themselves against morals and decisions like wrongly erupted wisdom teeth. Like wisdom teeth, these biased opinions must be removed, and characters begin to notice that their well-accepted preconceptions are not necessarily accurate... Suspicions are cemented at the climactic moment of each novel. To Kill a Mockingbird's Scout Finch witnesses Tom Robinson's trial, watches Robinson be wrongly convicted, and experiences a cruel reaction from the accuser; Bob Ewell. Ewell savagely attacks Scout and her brother Jem as they return home from a... middle of paper ...... recognizing false perceptions; experience something that changes opinions permanently; and last, but not least, developing new beliefs, opinions and perceptions. These are phases that we also go through as followers of Christ. We are called to be dynamic so that people can see Christ living in us. To do this, we must allow God and Christ to change our perception to match the reality to which He has called us. He achieves this in his own ways, and we must remain malleable like clay in his hands. He is the potter and we are called to trust him. He always makes beautiful pots that contain the Spirit abundantly! The author has created the grandest plot of the most breathtaking tale of all time. The study question then arises; Are we ready to embrace change and be the character He designed us to be? The answer is clearly written in our lives.