The Criticism Of Shirley Jackson's 'Charles'
According to the critic and what he/she believes to be true about “Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, is "even the most careless reader is sure to see through Laurie's lies before his parents do."This would most likely to be true because in the story he comes into his home after the first day of school crudely asking if anyone was home, he spoke rudely to his father, and he was acting at the start almost exactly as would Charles. To begin with, he came home after school crudely asking if anyone was home, and this portrayed almost instantly the conflict in the story that his parents had a lack of discipline for their children because most children during that time period would do what they were told instead of back talking their elders. With this