Charles Shirley Jackson Analysis
Shirley Jackson was an author who became famous for writing relatable stories about life. One of these stories was “Charles,” a passage based upon a misbehaving child in the 1950's. “Charles” is told in first person point of view of a mother whose child named Laurie is beginning kindergarten. Laurie is a student who also has a younger, baby sister. Laurie, however, did not adjust well to school, to solve this, he bacame the teacher's helper to set a positive image. Charles soon had a horrible reputation for being a terrible role model.
Laurie was most likely misbehaving because he was not getting nearly enough attention that he wanted. “Spilled his baby sister's milk” (345, Jackson) explains that Laurie has a baby sister who (if like any other infant) needs attention. Since all of the parent's attention is directed towards Laurie's sister, he feels like he has been forgotten and will do about anything for any sort of attention. He started to gain negative attention and to cover up the fact that it was Laurie, he came up with the fictional character of Charles. Laurie did this because he did not want his parents to know how horrible he had been at school and take away the attention he had there. For the reason that his parents did not know it was Laurie, he continude to misbehave.
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the teachers, but to the students as well. “Charles bounced a see-saw on the head of a little girl and made her bleed” (346) is proof that Laurie was not only treaterous to the the teacher, but to the students as well. This explains that Laurie was in such dire need of any kind of attention that he put a little girl in danger for it. He also had to stand in the corner during storytime because he kept stomping his feet on the ground. This explains that he disrupted the class just so that people would notice him. Laurie's only problem was that he could not continue the lie of Charles because his mother would find out.
Laurie's mother would find out that Charles was a fictional character made up by Laurie himself to cover up what he did. “I set out for the PTA meeting” (349) is the reason Laurie's mother found out who Charles really was. She had to go to a PTA meeting because she deperately wanted to meet Charles's mother, not knowing it was her. She later would ask the teacher about Charles who went on to tell Laurie's mother that there was no Charles in her class. Laurie's mother most likely realized that her son was Charles.
“Charles” is a short story based upon a misbehaving kindergartener told by his mother who does not know he is the bad student.
It is most likely that he misbehaved for attention because most of his parent's attention was directed on their baby. He would terrorized children by phisically abusing them. Laurie would also dirupt class by stomping his feet. He obviously was not adjusting well to school, and set a negative image upon himself. To solve this problem, the teacher gave him a chance and let him be the helper. Charlie was such a horrible student for the reason that he was deprived of attention that he desperately needed and would obtain in any
way.
Laurie was most likely misbehaving because he was not getting nearly enough attention that he wanted. “Spilled his baby sister's milk” (345, Jackson) explains that Laurie has a baby sister who (if like any other infant) needs attention. Since all of the parent's attention is directed towards Laurie's sister, he feels like he has been forgotten and will do about anything for any sort of attention. He started to gain negative attention and to cover up the fact that it was Laurie, he came up with the fictional character of Charles. Laurie did this because he did not want his parents to know how horrible he had been at school and take away the attention he had there. For the reason that his parents did not know it was Laurie, he continude to misbehave.
Laurie was rude not only to …show more content…
the teachers, but to the students as well. “Charles bounced a see-saw on the head of a little girl and made her bleed” (346) is proof that Laurie was not only treaterous to the the teacher, but to the students as well. This explains that Laurie was in such dire need of any kind of attention that he put a little girl in danger for it. He also had to stand in the corner during storytime because he kept stomping his feet on the ground. This explains that he disrupted the class just so that people would notice him. Laurie's only problem was that he could not continue the lie of Charles because his mother would find out.
Laurie's mother would find out that Charles was a fictional character made up by Laurie himself to cover up what he did. “I set out for the PTA meeting” (349) is the reason Laurie's mother found out who Charles really was. She had to go to a PTA meeting because she deperately wanted to meet Charles's mother, not knowing it was her. She later would ask the teacher about Charles who went on to tell Laurie's mother that there was no Charles in her class. Laurie's mother most likely realized that her son was Charles.
“Charles” is a short story based upon a misbehaving kindergartener told by his mother who does not know he is the bad student.
It is most likely that he misbehaved for attention because most of his parent's attention was directed on their baby. He would terrorized children by phisically abusing them. Laurie would also dirupt class by stomping his feet. He obviously was not adjusting well to school, and set a negative image upon himself. To solve this problem, the teacher gave him a chance and let him be the helper. Charlie was such a horrible student for the reason that he was deprived of attention that he desperately needed and would obtain in any
way.