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Change is something that no one can escape from and throughout life, one experiences several transformations. According to www.dictionary.com to change means "to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone." In Lena Coakley's short story "Mirror Image", the theme of change is revealed through the characters. Change is shown through the change in families and change in personalities.
In "Mirror Image" there is a big change in two families. Alice's family thinks she has changed since her brain transplant and now the family feels different. Long after Alice's surgery, Jenny tells Alice what she thinks of her sisters' new way of acting. "You're a lot different…I don't know…Sometimes I think my sister is dead."(p.16-17). This change is very drastic, the fact that Alice's own twin sister feels like she is dead is a huge change for everyone in the family.
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