Analyze why Helen still wants to talk to Cooper and play with the band even after all he has done. Helen truly believes that Cooper has changed and that he is a good person now. Helen's opinion about Cooper changes over time throughout the book but she really finds out who he is when she kisses him for the first time. The other major turning point of Helen's opinions is when she finds out the truth about what Cooper has been planning all along, but Cooper reassures her that he changed his mind about trying to get her to change schools. As he is telling her all this Cooper finally tells Helen that he loves her. After the talk in the bathroom with Cooper, Helen finally changes her mind and decides she will continue playing with the bans at the Battle of the Bands. Cooper's band start the performance without Helen and he has doubts that Helen tricked him into making a fool of himself. However, in the bands time of need Helen finally arrives ready to rock. "We're dying. If Helen doesn't get out here soon, there'll be no reviving this fading patient...But then the crowd parts and I see it's something else entirely. It's Helen"(264-265). Helen comes back to play with the band because she knows Cooper was telling her the truth. Helen also knows that without her singing the band would be a total wreck; she doesn't want that to happen to Cooper because she cares about him to much. Helen realized that even the people who seem like the worst can change.
Analyze why Helen still wants to talk to Cooper and play with the band even after all he has done. Helen truly believes that Cooper has changed and that he is a good person now. Helen's opinion about Cooper changes over time throughout the book but she really finds out who he is when she kisses him for the first time. The other major turning point of Helen's opinions is when she finds out the truth about what Cooper has been planning all along, but Cooper reassures her that he changed his mind about trying to get her to change schools. As he is telling her all this Cooper finally tells Helen that he loves her. After the talk in the bathroom with Cooper, Helen finally changes her mind and decides she will continue playing with the bans at the Battle of the Bands. Cooper's band start the performance without Helen and he has doubts that Helen tricked him into making a fool of himself. However, in the bands time of need Helen finally arrives ready to rock. "We're dying. If Helen doesn't get out here soon, there'll be no reviving this fading patient...But then the crowd parts and I see it's something else entirely. It's Helen"(264-265). Helen comes back to play with the band because she knows Cooper was telling her the truth. Helen also knows that without her singing the band would be a total wreck; she doesn't want that to happen to Cooper because she cares about him to much. Helen realized that even the people who seem like the worst can change.
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