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Shirley Jackson's Charles Vs. The Open Window

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“Charles” written by Shirley Jackson is a story of a kindergartener named Laurie who lies with his parents in his kindergarten school days whereas the “The Open Window” written by Saki is of a girl named Vera who recounts a story about how her aunt lost her husband and two brothers in a tragic hunting accident. In these short stories both main character tells a lie to an adult. However, in my point of view, “Charles” is better than “The Open Window”.
Shirley Jackson’s “Charles” is superior to “The Open Window” because Jackson’s story is that kind of story which every reader can relate with. The story talks about the kid in school, in which we can imagine us going to kindergarten in our early childhood. We used to hate going to the school and
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