The Swans Narrative

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 states in the story after Charlie's father, Matt, says "No dog" he recalls "Suddenly, Norma jumps off the couch and grabs the history test she had brought home so eagerly just a few minutes earlier. She tears it and throws the pieces into Charlie's startled face." Recalling this memory, he feels this was unfair for her because he was the reason she could not get a dog. At the same time he feels horrible because he never meant for it to be his fault that she could not get a dog and he knew that if he had known better at the time he would have told her that he would not have played with her dog and it could have been hers and only hers. This memory portrays how he feels about his family and that he is upset with himself because he knows he was the reason his family could not have a normal life along with the way Norma had to live and be treated because he was not able to hold responsibilities like she could. Among the literary techniques throughout this story, metaphor is frequently used. Moreover, Charlie has the advantage of remembering more due to the effects of the operation. In a line describing his mother, he states "She is a birdlike woman and her arms- up to her head, elbows out- look like wings." Using this example, he reminisces what his mother looked like and how he remembers her as a very loud and noticeable being that resembled an outstretched bird that symbolizes a figure that seemed to have high authority. Along with this explanation he knew that his mother was very persistent and stern towards him as a child in addition to the fact that she was the driving force behind the way he felt about becoming intelligent and normal like all the other children at the time. All of these examples relay back to the main theme because all of theses flashbacks have a powerful influence on Charlie in his life

Charlie also learns about facing fears in the book. Facing his parents, the sneaking out with Jasper, Corrigan and of course the truth about Laura. Charlie was always a scared

In the movie, the only time you see Charlie crying is at the end, when he blacks out and attempts to commit suicide.

De-Hong helps clean up the carnage cause by all the civil war. When the communists take over the town, they do not pillage, rape, or extort as all the other groups of people had done before them. Many are courteous and kind and

Fear strikes in his eyes, but he seems more courageous than in the fifty years he has existed. Charlie always looked paranoid, like he was waiting for something terrible to happen. Charlie spent his days attempting to become the man he always desired to be. He wanted to be brave, he wanted to be strong, but he never saw himself as these traits. Everyone in town was aware that Charlie and Beau had constant feuds, but it was unexpected that Beau was found dead and covered in blood.

“I wouldn't open the door and I told him to go away. I want to be left to myself.” Charlie is changing from the start of the novel to the end. He’s becoming more emotional and rude. At the beginning of the novel, he is angry at the mouse.

The dramatic shift in the protagonists backstory after most of the story has already passed forces the audience to redefines what they think of Charlie. The director invokes those memories getting to know someone who was misunderstood growing up, and shamefully realizing your understanding of them was based on false

This excerpt is written after Charlie’s operation. He is leaving the lab where he went to talk to Dr.Strauss and Nemor. He is walking around the university he talks about how he has new friends and their conversations they have. This excerpt shows that he is starting to think more about things he hasn’t really thought about. His brain is beginning to work in many different ways it hasn’t before the operation.

To begin with, Charlie and Sam develop a very strong bond in their first meeting, and as the novel progresses, Sam plays a very important female figure in Charlie’s life. She is very patient and trustworthy with Charlie and assures him that she will always be by his side. In the novel, Charlie states, “Sam put her arm around my shoulder, and she said she knew what I was going through. She told me I shouldn’t worry about it” (Chbosky,29). In this situation, Sam is comforting Charlie because he is going through an emotional breakdown. This is a substantial change because Charlie always feels isolated, but at this moment, he realizes that Sam cares about him, which makes him feel better. She is kindly giving him moral support, which is something

Charlie is a very anti social person who is trying to fit in with a low self esteem, though he has a major crush on Patrick’s sister Sam, "Sam has brown hair and very very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself" (19). Sam has a boyfriend but Charlie greatly admires Sam over many months. Charlie helps her when she needs a shoulder to lean on “it’s great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone”(200). Sam likes the fact that Charlie is there to listen and this eventually draws them closer together, “ I kissed her.

Not only charlie developed enm emotions, he also fell in love with miss kinaan (his teacher). He saw her in a new way, before the A.I. charlie saw miss kinaan as an old teacher, charlie is older than miss kinaan. Charlie even quoted “the thought of leaving her behind made me sad, that is evidence that charlie loves her. Charlie also acted different around miss kinaan started to get nervous around

Charlie has also been without a family who cares about him. His whole childhood is revealed as being traumatic because of emotional abuse by his mom and bullying gestures by his own little sister. Charlie claimed his mom used to be so upset that Charlie could not just be normal like the other children, so she would spank him and come “screaming that he [Charlie] is a bad boy” (75). Now, all Charlie wants to do is prove himself normal. Being abnormal is not something to be ashamed of, and Keyes was trying to portray that through

Her body was very weak and she barely moved during the last stages of her illness. After Sarah’s mother passed away, leaving behind nothing but memory and grief. Sara suffered from severe depression due to the shock of the death. She stopped eating, taking

Through Charlie, Hunter offers the idea is that empathy is something hardwired into us; we can’t shake it. Charlie is very much alone in his life, confined to his apartment and apparently