Laurie was a Shirley Jackson wrote the story, “Charles”, about a young boy, Laurie, who had just started school. Laurie had a difficult time adjusting to school and would sometimes misbehave. He was a kindergarten student and had a little sister who was only an infant. “Charles” takes place at Laurie's house and at his school where he attends kindergarten in the 1950's. Laurie did have his ways of keeping it a secret from his parents. Laurie was extremely intelligent for how young he was. He would act out at school, but would tell his mother that another student in his class, Charles, was the one misbehaving. Laurie told his mother about Charles and that his teacher, “spanked him and made him stand in a corner” (Jackson 345), but she still
