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Why Is Charles Dishonest

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Laurie is a very deceptive person, as shown throughout the story Charles, by Shirley Jackson. He is dishonest, as he lied to his parents about there being a ‘Charles’ that always gets in trouble, when in fact, it is Laurie that does. He is manipulative, and makes up Charles as to not get in trouble. He manages to come up with excuses, like here: “... so Charles had to stay after school. And so all the children stayed to watch him. (pg 9)” . The excuses are believable, which shows he is cunning. Laurie is arrogant, as when the teacher asks the class to use red crayons, he hits the teacher and refuses to use them, as quoted here: “Charles wanted to colour with green crayons so he hit the teacher and she spanked him… (pg 8)”. To go along with

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