Charles

                  Charles
BY: Shirley Jackson 

In the story Charles by Shirley Jackson, the main is that kids don’t seem to be what they look like. In this story the main character Laurie starts kindergarten at her new school, he goes to school but every time he comes home he tells his mother about some kid named Charles. His mom tells him to tell her everything that happens in school.

Some lessons that we can learn from this short story is that people don’t always are what they look like.This lessons goes well with this story because when the mother goes to the school for parent/teacher conference the teacher tells her that there are no kid in the school names Charles. After that the mom notices that “Charles” is actually his son. Another lesson that we can learn is that to never trust what other people are saying. This happens throughout the story because Laurie tells his mom everything about Charles and the mom actually believe what he’s saying.

Somethings that are important about the main character is that he is a liar and that he no one should believe him because he’s just a child. Another thing is that he is manipulating, because he somehow manipulated his mother in to believing that there was a Charles in the school. Something else is that the main character is a a willing person and he is willing to do anything to get what he wants. Laurie is the type of kid that doesn’t listen to the teachers and that can’t control himself.

One of the themes that I think goes well with this story is Influence. This is a theme that i found in the story Charles, because he gets influenced by his own thoughts in doing things he is not supposed to do . He is also influences by what’s happening in school and how he is dealing with it. This a theme that you can find in this story Charles.