How do the events in "Water Never Hurt a Man" change John by the end of the story?

He grows more frustrated with his work of leading the team of horses.

He becomes more confident in his ability to be a driver boy on the canal.

He grows more suspicious of the men he meets along the canal.

He becomes afraid of his father's fierceness with the men on the canal.

The events in "Water Never Hurt a Man" changed John by the end of the story because:

He becomes more confident in his ability to be a driver boy on the canal.

From a boy who is constantly afraid of being scolded and doing his tasks wrong, John becomes more like his father. He became more confident in doing his tasks and his mindset changed which has been evident in him saying " "Water never hurt a man; it keeps his hide from cracking."