In “Gentlehands” by M.E Kerr, Buddy begins to date Skye Pennington, someone that is much more wealthy than his family. Doing this changes Buddy by making him act more insecure about Skye leaving him. This is because he used borrowed glory, and does anything to still be with Skye. First of all, Buddy changed this way by using borrowed glory. He would use this by taking someone's achievements like his grandfather and use it for himself. He would think how he “was using borrowed glory by letting my grandfather make the impression on Skye Pennington, instead of trying to impress her with my own personality” (27). This goes back to how he is more cautious because he does want Skye to think differently about him just because he is not as wealthy …show more content…
This was symbolized when Buddy could not bring down Graham from the tree, and “he only watched me with suspicious eyes while I called him, and backed up higher into the branches of the spruce” (200). This represents the people as Graham and never going closer and just looking at him. This made him realize that he should not look at his grandfather through his eyes, but be true to himself and look through the fact of what he has done. Another way Buddy realized this is when he saw Skye’s gift. When Buddy decided to leave, he saw Skye’s gift of a blue cashmere sweater with tapes of operas tied to it. He was thinking of taking it but “but I didn't I just wanted to leave everything about that summer behind me” (201). After all that has happened, he does not want to remember anything about the summer. So he does not take her gift because it would remind him of all the mistakes he had made. This showed him that he should be true to himself and that even if there are bad things in life, he should not pretend he has a different better life because it will make everything else worse. In Conclusion, as Buddy spends more time with Skye, his insecurities become a distraction and an addiction resulting negatively towards