How does Cobbs change in The Virginian ?

In the beginning, the narrator is a bumbling tenderfoot, intrigued by the strangeness and strength of Western life. Under the Virginian's tutelage, he slowly overcomes his youthful vulnerability and successfully accepts nature's challenges on the open trails of Wyoming. By the end of the novel, the narrator is a mature and confident horseman who rides alone through the "unmapped spaces." When viewed on this level, The Virginian is a bildungsroman, a novel which concerns a young man's education and passage into adulthood.