I 'M Doing Until I Meet A Friend Here'

Charlie’s friendship with Jasper Jones, his parents, and witnessing the intolerance of Corrigan are the three biggest factors in Charlie's development from innocence to experience. Jasper Jones exposed him to fear and forced him to be brave and face his fears, the rampant intolerance in Corrigan, both racial and otherwise, exposed him to the injustices of the real world, and his relationship with his parents taught him to be diplomatic and control his

In almost all stories, the main character or characters usually have many personal experiences that change their views in one way or another. Three good examples of this are Abuela Invents the Zero ,Little Women ,and Home .One of these stories has one major experience that quickly affects that character's views. Another story includes many small events and moments that in the end affect a certain character's views and habits. The last story shows how previous life experiences turnout to not only not benefit but actually hurt. Notice that there can be many different kinds of situations that have an influence on a character and can change a character for better or for worse.

In the novel Charlie takes each person’s words into his heart and ponders about them thoughtfully. Nostrils Charlie’s best friend sticks by his side and is loyal at all times. While Nostrils is doing a job with Charlie, Nostrils gets beat up by Barlow and Nostrils tells Charlie to run which lands Nostrils in hospital. This teaches Charlie to be loyal and listen to what his friends tell him to do. Another incident is where Daisy Molony who is a prostitute tells Charlie to ‘use that money fer somethin’ good’, the filthy money that Squizzy Taylor gave to Charlie, for doing jobs for him. Mr Redmond is another strong character in Charlie’s life, teaching Charlie boxing, giving Charlie a gramophone and training him to run in the Ballarat mile. This shows Charlie, through an old man’s eyes, love and compassion. Mr Redmond dedicated a lot of time and energy for Charlie. All these people show Charlie a fragment of properties and qualities. From himself and spending time with his friends he learns how to nurture the feeling s of others but not the feelings one

Before Charlie had the operation preformed on him, he had friends at the bakery he worked at. They were not really his friends because

In the beginning of the book Charlie writes a letter a friend that he trusts. He’s using ‘Dear friend,’ everytime to show us that he trusts us enough to talk about these topics that he cannot talk

Charlie was a man that did not know how to stand up for himself. He allowed his peers to bully him, and treat him like he is worthless. Charlie thinks that if he allows people to laugh at him, and tease him, they will become his friend. He thinks “Its easy to make frends if you let

     The book also focuses on Charlie’s home life. Charlie has two siblings that make him feel invisible. There’s a hidden resentment in the tone that is used by Charlie to explain his sister and brother. But by the end they have managed to form a certain bond that Charlie has always wanted.

Like Gil and Fix, a similar metamorphosis occurs in the character of Charlie. Even though Charlie is one of the most important characters, he does not appear until the last few chapters of the novel. In his own words, Charlie describes his change:

He saw no way to be happy after that. But Charlie took care of Leo’s happiness.” This is a line from the story. This line shows that when someone is sad and doesn’t think that they won’t be happy friends make you feel better. They stand by your side and make you happier. This is what Charlie did with Leo. He made him happier and he made him feel normal. This also shows that friends are very good to have.

In the story, Charlie experiences being lonely in different aspects of his life. The first one that he feels this in is his family. His family consists of his parents, his brother and sister, and his aunt Helen. His parents, especially his dad, have never really been that involved or shown much interest in his life. This is shown when after he had been on LSD and was found in the snow, they never questioned if he was on drugs, they just contributed it to his prior problems of “seeing” things. His dad usually just ignored Charlie because he was different and quieter than the other kids. Charlie’s brother isn’t in the story much because he’s away at college playing football for Penn State. Charlie’s sister is in the story pretty often, but she doesn’t really talk to

Charlie doesn’t give his friend any clues as to who his real identity is and asks the friend to not write back to him but simply listen to his story.

Charlie was always different from the other kids. Specifically how he thought and acted out. For instance, he created a life that doesn’t include himself, but is all about making other people happy. This explains why Charlie doesn’t participate in extracurricular activities and why he doesn’t have many friends. I think the purpose of this book is to demonstrate what not to do.

Throughout the novel Charlie’s personality and intelligence level changes a lot. In the beginning Charlie is happy, has friends, he’s retarded, and can’t remember a lot of things. “I fergot his last name because I dont remebir so good.” (Keyes 2),

Gimpy was Charlie’s only friend, but now by telling on him, Charlie no longer has true friends. Another conflict that Charlie faces is where Professor Nemur tells Charlie he’s not a real person. On page 113, it states “He wants his preliminary report to be

Although these relationships took a toll on his physical and mental state, it was the most healthy event for him emotionally in the whole book. Charlie begins to hang out with Sam and Patrick and get involved in life but things shift from being ok to getting worse very quickly. At the beginning of their friendship he describes himself as infinite as in never ending but it is apparent that what he really is, is the exact opposite of infinite, quickly deteriorating. Patrick introduces Charlie to cigarettes and how helpful they can be when it comes to distracting the mind from matters that are actually important. Sam introduces Charlie to parties and alcohol after football games to really experience what it’s like to be their friends.