'Charles': A Character Analysis Of Charles
Ryder Johnston, Caleb Valliere, Max Hill, & Tristan Nelson 12/11/15
In the story Charles character change is when a character such as Charles changes from the beginning to the end of the book. Charles, Laurie a little boy that is in a very holy family and goes to kindergarten, and tells his parents that there is a bad boy named Charles. Charles is code name for Laurie who is the one that is actually causing all of the trouble in kindergarten. There is change because in the beginning of the book Laurie who is pretending to be Charles says that Charles is doing all of these bad things, and towards the end Laurie starts to say good things about Charles.
Laurie: A little boy in Kindergarten, lives in a holy family. Makes up a boy named Charles …show more content…
Laurie likes to mouth off to his parents while his parents do nothing to stop him. His dad starts to worries about “Charles” making a bad influence on Laurie. Laurie’s father is a static character and doesn’t change through the story.
Charles: Charles is a made up boy that Laurie thought of to cover or blame for things that Laurie did. Laurie describes Charles as a bad boy that does bad things to the teacher and other kids. At one point in the story Laurie says that for that week Charles was a good kid and passes things and collected things for the teacher. “Charles” changes from a bad boy to a good boy and then back to a bad boy, he is nice for a little …show more content…
All this toughness, and bad grammar, and this Charles boy sounds like such a bad influence.” (pg.74) Laurie’s mother had thought all of these conditions were bad for Laurie but really he was those conditions and she had no idea of what he had been doing this whole time which made his mother kind of dumb because of how clueless she was. “Laurie usually adjusts very quickly,” I said. “I suppose this time it’s Charles’s influence.” “Charles?” “Yes,” I said, laughing, “you must have your hands full in that kindergarten, with Charles.” “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in the kindergarten.” Laurie’s mother had realized that her son was a liar the whole time and now has no clue of what to do because of how clever Laurie was and this kind of shows how believing of their children parents can
In the story Charles character change is when a character such as Charles changes from the beginning to the end of the book. Charles, Laurie a little boy that is in a very holy family and goes to kindergarten, and tells his parents that there is a bad boy named Charles. Charles is code name for Laurie who is the one that is actually causing all of the trouble in kindergarten. There is change because in the beginning of the book Laurie who is pretending to be Charles says that Charles is doing all of these bad things, and towards the end Laurie starts to say good things about Charles.
Laurie: A little boy in Kindergarten, lives in a holy family. Makes up a boy named Charles …show more content…
Laurie likes to mouth off to his parents while his parents do nothing to stop him. His dad starts to worries about “Charles” making a bad influence on Laurie. Laurie’s father is a static character and doesn’t change through the story.
Charles: Charles is a made up boy that Laurie thought of to cover or blame for things that Laurie did. Laurie describes Charles as a bad boy that does bad things to the teacher and other kids. At one point in the story Laurie says that for that week Charles was a good kid and passes things and collected things for the teacher. “Charles” changes from a bad boy to a good boy and then back to a bad boy, he is nice for a little …show more content…
All this toughness, and bad grammar, and this Charles boy sounds like such a bad influence.” (pg.74) Laurie’s mother had thought all of these conditions were bad for Laurie but really he was those conditions and she had no idea of what he had been doing this whole time which made his mother kind of dumb because of how clueless she was. “Laurie usually adjusts very quickly,” I said. “I suppose this time it’s Charles’s influence.” “Charles?” “Yes,” I said, laughing, “you must have your hands full in that kindergarten, with Charles.” “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in the kindergarten.” Laurie’s mother had realized that her son was a liar the whole time and now has no clue of what to do because of how clever Laurie was and this kind of shows how believing of their children parents can