Practicing Paragraph Writing

Joseph's experiences in The Running Man change his way of viewing others and his personality. At the start of the novel, Joseph is quiet and self-conscious. When he is asked to draw a portrait of Tom Leighton, his mysterious neighbor, he realises that to draw the real Tom he needs to unlock the mans deepest and darkest secrets. Without knowing it Joseph and Tom become good friends and Joseph starts explaining his own secrets. As Joseph and Tom's relationship develops, he moves deeper into his neighbors secret world and starts seeing things from Tom's point of view. Through his experience with Tom. Joseph learns to change his way of viewing people. The main reason for this change is because he learns to put himself in other people's shoes and experiences it from their way. This change in his personality and viewing others is a major part of growing up and maturing, and Joseph manages to do this because of Tom Leighton.