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Misbehavior Belonging In Shirley Jackson's Short Story 'Charles'

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Laurie was not a behaved student in the first weeks of kindergarten. Shirley Jackson's short story "Charles" was set in the 1950's in the family home and school. Laurie did not adjust to kindergarten properly; therefore, he misbehaved in school. Laurie may not have known how to treat people outside of his family. He even brought the poor acts into the house and got his infant sister involved. Despite all the misbehavior belonging to Laurie, he blames it on an imaginary classmate named Charles.

Laurie did not adjust to kindergarten as quickly as he should have. Laurie went to school for his first day of kindergarten when he started misbehaving. The first day, he acted poorly and got spanked. When he got home, he was being ignorant and "spilled

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