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'Truth In The Short Story Charles'

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In the short story “Charles”, the theme is to not let your love for someone else blind you to see the truth. When Laurie enters kindergarten, he begins misbehaving both in school and at home. He makes up a fake character,Charles, as a scapegoat to tell his parents all of the bad things he is doing at school, without getting in trouble. Even though Laurie’s behavior at home mimicks Charles behavior at school, Mom is blinded to realize that Laure is lying to her. This shows that when you let your love for someone else get in the way of your judgement, she you are missing part of the story. Mom knew all of the bad things Charles was doing and if she had payed attention more, she would have realized that Charles was Laurie. In the real world, you
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