Theto Shirley
Jackon's short story "" is full of . Laurie undergoes a transformation from
"sweetvoiced nursery-school tot" into a "long-trousered, swaggering
character," and the ways that he acts toward his parents and siblings are a whole lot like
the ways he says Charles acts. As Laurie gets into his stories about Charles, he also smiles a
lot when recounting the incidents but takes on a grim demeanor when he reports that Charles is
being good, which is also an element of foreshadowing.
The family's adoption
of phrases like "did a Charles" or "being a Charles" is an example of
.
The conclusion of the story reveals the most important literary device to
the narrative: situational . When the family learns that Charles and Laurie are the same person,
they're stunned; this was not the outcome they expected. The entire plot arc of
"Charles" was built to establish the idea that Laurie wasn't Charles at all.
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