 How does Jerry change from the beginning of the story to the end?
One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. "It just seemed strange, all these exchanges of couriers in the past two days. "They have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't want to wait that long, and is asking for a hurry-up summit meeting to make a decision." "Their delegate. They say that with all the satellites being launched, that our affairs are their affairs, too.
 He comes to value the Venusian delegate's outcome over the recognition of breaking unprecedented news
 He is consumed by the difficulty of keeping the secret of the Venusian delegate's origin  He comes to value the Venusian delegate's outcome over the recognition of breaking unprecedented news  He becomes less caught up in the fast-paced world of media and more interested in settling down as a family man  He stops living his life according to what the media values and decides to leave Earth forever