When reading these stories, “The Three-Century Woman” and “Charles”, you will quickly realize that the two main characters have many similarities and differences. The main character in “The Three-Century Woman” is Great-Grandma Breckenridge. Great-Grandma Breckenridge is 102 years old and she has lived in Whispering Oaks (a nursing home) for about 20 years. Also, the main character in “Charles” is Laurie. Laurie is a young child just starting kindergarten and is very clever and mischievous. Now that you know that the main characters of the stories are Great-Grandma Breckenridge and Laurie, it’s time for you to get to know them more, even better how they are similar and different.
Even though there is such a large age span between Laurie and Great-Grandma Breckenridge, they still have many similarities. One way that Laurie and Great-Grandma Breckenridge are similar is in their some of their personality traits. Great-Grandma and Laurie are both very clever and sassy and they show throughout the stories that they know …show more content…
While Great-Grandma and Laurie both lie, they lie for different reasons. Great-Grandma Breckenridge lies to the news channels to make her life look more interesting. She has lived in three centuries and people actually believed her when she said she lived through some of the most destructive events that she read about in books. Now on the other hand, Laurie lies to get out of being in trouble. Laurie makes up a fake student in his class named Charles and tells his parents about all the terrible things that he does. When Laurie’s parents meet his teacher they then learn that Charles doesn't exist and that all the bad things that Laurie said Charles did were actually the bad things that Laurie did. So, Great-Grandma Breckenridge lies to seem more interesting and Laurie lies to cover up his tracks, two very different reasons for both of them to
Even though there is such a large age span between Laurie and Great-Grandma Breckenridge, they still have many similarities. One way that Laurie and Great-Grandma Breckenridge are similar is in their some of their personality traits. Great-Grandma and Laurie are both very clever and sassy and they show throughout the stories that they know …show more content…
While Great-Grandma and Laurie both lie, they lie for different reasons. Great-Grandma Breckenridge lies to the news channels to make her life look more interesting. She has lived in three centuries and people actually believed her when she said she lived through some of the most destructive events that she read about in books. Now on the other hand, Laurie lies to get out of being in trouble. Laurie makes up a fake student in his class named Charles and tells his parents about all the terrible things that he does. When Laurie’s parents meet his teacher they then learn that Charles doesn't exist and that all the bad things that Laurie said Charles did were actually the bad things that Laurie did. So, Great-Grandma Breckenridge lies to seem more interesting and Laurie lies to cover up his tracks, two very different reasons for both of them to