Changing...For the Better or Worse

As I read on in the book Losing Forever by Gayle Friesen, I learned there were two sides to if a combined family effects the way people are; one, it does effect people or two it doesn't. I personally think it does effect the way people are in either good or bad ways. To start off, it makes people judgemental. "I'd try so hard to push the monsters back into the shadows." This shows that the main character, Jess, is immediately judging her step-sister Angela even though she hasn't had a conversation with her yet. Another way it effects people for the better is it makes people learn how to share. "She's going to stay with us. In my room. I have a roommate." This shows that even though Jess doesn't really want to have her space invaded she still has to learn how to share it with Angela. Lastly, being in a combined family helps you learn to deal with change. "This was not the normal state of my room." This shows the reader now that Jess has to share her room with Angela, she has to deal with what changes Angela makes to the room because it is now hers as well. In the book Losing Forever by Gayle Friesen, it clearly shows how being in a combined family effects the way people are for the good or the bad.