Shapesville's Into The Wild (Chapter 23)

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

“He began to shuffle idiotically and talk to himself and then he broke and just ran.” (Page 127)

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

Extended response question: When he met Squizzy Taylor, Charlie was excited about working with him and saw him as more than just a boss. In the end, Squizzy reveals his true colours and Charlie has the sense to walk away. Discuss.

He ran away, having fun zooming down the hill towards Happy Acres Camp where he came across a watch dog named Sam. He soon escaped from Sam through his legs, ran into a gopher hole, where the gopher chased him out. He was terrified when he ran into a family of cats, but managed

Charlie was faced with many losses throughout the story. For example, he had the surgery that made him intelligent, but he soon regressed to his previous self. Secondly, he also lost a mouse named Algernon, who he raced with at the research hospital. Lastly, Charlie lossed

and watched it swept away. Then, holding the suitcase, he walked out in the river until there was

Charlie also showed aggression towards his mom when he went to meet her and she refused to let him in her house. “ “Let me in! I want to talk to you! Let me in!”

been separated from but slowly came to realize they had all perished. He then moved to

and he ran away fleeing the situation far later than he should

Faster than anyone she was running, she slowly slowed down and a young male ran passed her.

Charlie was better off before the surgery. The reason is because he was more happier than. It says, “It was like a race with a white mouse. They called him Algernon”(115). This makes him happy because he has never gotten the chance to race a mouse before.

jumped off of the bars and ran back to where he had begun, and proceeded to

She ran and ran again and lastly she located a sight that light was coming from.

Apax, cold and wet, quickly built a shelter, not knowing where he was, and hides there for the night.