Charles Dishonest Analysis

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Have you ever made up something to get yourself out of trouble? In the story “Charles” by dishonest because he makes up the fictional character of Charles. Laurie is sly because he made up Charles and got away with it. This is also a risky move Shirley Jackson, Laurie does just that. In this short story, Laurie makes up the fictional character of Charles to tell his parents all of the bad things he does, but to not get in trouble. Laurie is both sly and because if his parents paid more attention to the details, he probably would have been caught. Laurie is very smart to have crafted such a devious plan. Some people still would wonder why Laurie would even tell his parents about what happened. Laurie is dishonest because he lies about

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