Sacrifice In Shirley Jackson's Short Story Of Charles

Although Laurie began kindergarten with multiple retributions, as the year progressed, he developed into a mature and reverent student. The naïve adolescent had the presence of a kindergartener, which influenced him to make poor decisions that resulted in punishments. Laurie, a kindergartener and the older brother of an infant sibling, was featured in Shirley Jackson’s short story, “Charles”. The passage occurred at Laurie’s home and school, where he struggled to make a healthy and appropriate transition into kindergarten. This proved to be an arduous task because his actions were impulsive and ill-mannered. Shortly after a few weeks of kindergarten, the word, Charles, was given a negative connotation describing an impolite action. Throughout the beginning of the school year, Laurie was numerously acquired with the name of Charles. Typically, after school, he would noisily enter the house and without any manners, shout. Every day, “he came home the same way, the front door slamming open, his cap on the floor, and the voice suddenly raucous shouting” (Jackson 345) out loud if anybody was home. Through further analysis, one can gather that the

For instance, Charles kept on pounding his feet in class one day, and as a result he was ordered to stand in the corner of the room. He “had to stand in a corner during story-time because he kept pounding his feet on the floor” (346). Through further analysis, one can conclude that all the simpleminded kindergartener yearned for is attention from the students. Furthermore, in the passage, it states that Charles threw chalk, depriving him from his chalkboard privileges. Similarly, he threw the chalk in an attempt to gain attention from the class and the teacher, however, instead he was punished. Charles possessed a quality which all children bear, and that is to be an