Charlie's Growth In 'The Runner'

“We don't grow when things are easy we grow when we face challenges “
Change it something we all experience some choose to accept others choose , to try an avoid . Change can come in many ways you grow , you mature . These experiences are the by - product of hardships and challenges . Not all change is good some people lose their job , or their loved family member but after overcoming all the hardships you overcome . In Robert Newton's books the runner the reader comes to know the protagonist Charlie feehan and they will agree that it is through hard times that he grows . In this essay will firstly analyse the death of Charlie's beloved father and how he had to become the man of the house secondly when he found out about Ma and Mr peacock agreement . Lastly this essay will show how difficult it was for Charlie to find out that Squizzy Taylor wasn't the
Charlie’s father had an agreement with Mr peacock that Charlie was allowed every Saturday to clean the wood yard and take home the scraps of wood to heat the house . Charlie walked in on mr peacock abusing ma and to try and protect ma he hit him in the head with a cricket bat and Squizzy negotiated with mr peacock so that Charlie could get wood . “ I found myself wishing the bruises were back , at least then I could I see what’s wrong with her ” . Charlie’s ma went into a episode of depression Charlie has no idea on how to help ma . Charlie had to learn that he had to give ma and her space to figure out how she wanted to deal with it . Everyone around him kept relating him back to I his father and how he had to be the man of the house . As a 14 year old Charlie had a lot on his mind all the time , worrying about his family and how they would survive , his working environments . He and his ma were so close and seeing her like this broke his heart . This event was a tough time for Charlie and showed him that it was time to grow up