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In the beginning of the novel, “A bridge To Wiseman’s cove” we are introduced to an unassertive, unconfident and self-conscious boy who has no sense of identity. However going on further throughout the novel, we perceive through Carl’s thoughts and actions that he is transforming from a self-doubting boy into a self-assured man. The three main factors in Carl’s life that changes throughout the novel are his unconfident personality, how the whole town looked down upon him and those people whom once seemed so far and distant from him. In the beginning of the novel, Carl a fifteen-year-old boy, is a character who is doubtful, unassertive and experiences difficulty in expressing himself. Throughout the novel we are able to observe Carl’s difficulty in expressing himself and accepting the way in which God made him, which is mainly due to his low-self esteem. Actions such as covering one’s body to ensure self comfort, not being able to talk to the opposite sex and not being able to stand up for himself, surely demonstrates to us that Carl extremely lacks confidence. In spite of this, towards the end of the novel Carl undergoes a change in his personality. He becomes proud of himself even though his surname is “Matt”, he is able to not only stand up for himself but also for his friends and he is able to do things which he would never thought of in the past. “The pizza Queen of Wattle Beach” In this chapter, Carl is able to stand up both of himself and for Maddie, which was an action that he was only able to dream about in the past. When Carl saw Nathan leading Maddie out of her farewell party, Carl hesitantly blocked their path “with his sheer size”pg174. “It was no different from standing on the barge, confident in what he knew” (pg) 174. This shows us that Carl was extremely confident and assertive, believing in what he was doing. He believed that Nathan was only interested in Maddie for her physical looks and not for the person that she is, the person who weeps over a guy who “doesn’t give a stuff about her”pg96.
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