Charles Shirley Jackson

In the story, “Charles” Laurie, an older brother to an infant sibling and a kindergarten student had a hard time adjusting to kindergarten. “Charles” was written by Shirley Jackson pages 345 to 349. The story is placed in the 1950s at Laurie’s home and kindergarten school. Laurie misbehaved because, he was enraged at having to go to kindergarten, and Laurie did not want to go. To expand upon, Laurie as Charles misbehaved to show his frustration about going to kindergarten. Laurie acted rebellious to anyone, even his own mother. Laurie’s voice became raucous sounding and was talking with slang. He renounced the bib and wore blue jeans and a belt; this is used to show Laurie becoming a bully or a rebel. The story states, “My sweet-voiced nursery-school …show more content…
Laurie, as Charles, wanted to use green crayons while the teacher insisted he use red crayons, Laurie slapped the teacher for her opposing views. Charles was fresh to the kindergarten teacher in a rebellious nature, to spite his teacher. The writing claims, “Charles yelled so in school they sent a boy in from first grade to tell the teacher she had to make Charles keep quiet, and so Charles had to stay after school,” (Page 347) Paragraph 1. Laurie, as Charles, was fresh to anyone to show his anger towards his kindergarten. For this reason, Laurie uses his Charles to his advantage to show his grievance against the kindergarten. Laurie is an annoyance to everyone, including teachers, students, and family. Laurie, as Charles, makes a young girl say a nasty word twice, and was not the one blamed for the act. Charles kicks a teacher’s friend because; he did not want to do exercises at kindergarten. The story declared, “Laurie did a Charles when he filled his wagon full of mud and pulled it through the kitchen,” (Page 348) Paragraph 1. Laurie was annoyance to show his dissatisfaction towards the kindergarten, by being an annoyance to everyone. Furthermore, Laurie created Charles to show his disgruntlement to him starting