Charles - Summary and Questions Answers

Charles Summary

Laurie got admission in the Kindergarten School at the age of five year where another student Charles was also present who was a mischievous boy. Laurie started telling his parents about Charles's mischief. Each day when he returned home he brought a new report about Charles. He used to tell about the different movements of Charles which he had done in the class room. Charles yelled in the classroom, Charles hit or kicked the teacher. Charles hit a boy and made him cry or he made a girl say a bad word twice or he himself uttered bad words in the classroom.

One day Laurie told his parents what Charles was behaving well in the class and he was also helping his teacher with her work. Laurie told so much about Charles to his parents that they were eager to met Charles's mother. They wonder how Charles's mother managed such a mischievous boy. Once a parent-teacher meeting was called in the School then Laurie's parents expected to meet Charles's mother.

However they were surprised to know that there was no Charles at Kindergarten. It was Laurie who made some problems for the teachers but after-wards he behaved well. Laurie created a character of Charles and expressed his inner desired in the character of the Charles.

 

Charles Summary and Questions Answers

 

Q.1_ What are some characteristics of Laurie? Point out some verbs,adverbs and adjectives that indicates his action and attitude?

Laurie was mischievous boy when he was admitted in a kindergarten school.He created a character Charles to express himself. he used to tell about Charles to his parents.

ADJECTIVES: naughty,intelligent, indifferent,rude and flexible

VERBS: Shout,grin,shrug,whisper,slam

ADVERBS: Scornfully,coldly,insolently,solemnly and joyfully.


Q.2_ What are some characteristics of Charles?How does Laurie let his parents and teacher know what kind of person Charles is?

The characteristics of Charles are same as the characteristics of Laurie.Charles is a boy who shows his great mischief's. he is rude,badly behaved,naughty,troublesome and problematic.Laurie tell his parents and the fabricated story of Charles.


Q.3_ how does the teacher seems to reach to "Charles"?What kind of things does she have him do in the class room?

The teacher seems to reach to "Charles" in a normal way.She punished him slightly.She Orders him standing in a corner of a class room and staying there after the school.She often gives him the crayons around and sometimes gives him order to pick up the books.


Q.4_What is a P.T.A meeting? what are some of its activities? As indicates in story "Charles"?

P.T.A meetings means parents Teacher Associations meeting.In this kind of meeting both parents and teacher meet someday which is arranged by school where they discuss the problems of the students and try to solve them.


Q.5_ Does Laurie's mother ever meet Charles's mother?

Laurie's mother never meet Charles's mother because Charles is character invented by her own son Laurie to express himself and thus there was not a boy named Charles in that kindergarten school.


Q.6_ Why did Laurie invented the character Charles's?

Laurie was genius boy.He wanted that he to be treated like a grown up child.He tried to hide his childish nature so he invented a character Charles to express himself.


Q.7_ What does Laurie's mother thinks\ about her child?

Lauri's mother think that her son Lauri's is a well behaved child.However she become anxious after listening the stories of Charles from her son.She even thinks for changing of his school because of Charles's


Q.8_ What mistakes does Laurie's father make?

When Laurie's father ask him that what bad word Charles said to little girl,He make a big mistake.Laurie tells the word in his ear and he become ashamed.it is not a good thing that a parent asks their children to repeat bad things.


Q.9_ Why did Charles become an institution at Lauri's home?

Laurie's tell so much about Charles everyday to his parents that he became an institution in their home.All the family members got interested in  the Charles.


Q.10_ What is the moral of the Charles?

The most of the lesson Charles is that all the parents should not believe in everything what their children tell them.All the parents should keep an eye on the movement of their children.


Q.11_ At what age Laurie was admitted in the kindergarten school?Why did he tell the stories of Charles to his parents?

Laurie's was admitted at the age of five years in the kindergarten school. He told many stories about Charles's to his parents because he wanted to express his feelings to them.


Q.12_ What was the behavior of Laurie's father when he told the story about Charles?

The behavior of Lauri's father was normal.She took easy all the movements and information of his child.He did not try to discover the original events behind his stories.


Q.13_ Why did Laurie's mother think after having the stories of Charles's from her son?

Laurie's mother become worried about the future of her child when he heard the stories of Charles. He began to think that the mischievous behavior of Charles would spoil the character of her own son.


Q.14_ What did Laurie's teacher reply when her mother asked her about Charles?

When Laurie's mother asked his teacher at parents teacher meeting she replied that there was no child in the kindergarten school whose name was Charles.


Q.15_ What did Laurie's parent realize when they were informed that there was no Charles in the kindergarten?

When Laurie's parents discovered that there was no child named Charles in the kindergarten. They also came to know that Laurie himself had some problem for his teachers but then he become well behaved. Laurie's parents then discovered that Charles was character invented by Laurie to express himself.


Q.16_ Why do you think Laurie made up an imaginary friend called Charles?

Laurie's made up an imaginary friend called "Charles" to express himself.He wanted to do some mischief's and he liked to be treated as an intelligent boy so he invented a character name Charles.He told whatever he wanted to do by himself in the character of Charles and then introduced him to his parents and teachers.


Q.17_ how does Laurie's mother come to know that Charles was her own son creation?

Laurie's mother became worried about the future of her child,when she heard the stories of Charles.She began to think the mischievous behavior of Charles would spoil the character of her own son.After the parents and teachers meeting when Laurie's mother met her teacher and asked her about Charles.The teacher replied that there was no child in the kindergarten school whose named was Charles.Thus Laurie's mother come to know that Charles was her own son creation.


Q.18_ How did Laurie's mother come to know that Charles was her own son creations?

Laurie's mother come to know that Charles was her own son creation when the kindergarten school teacher disclosed that they didn't have any children named as Charles.


Q.19_ Why did Laurie's invent the devilish character of Charle's? Discuss?

Laurie was a genious.He invented the devilish character of Charles in order to impress his parents and to hide his own evil activities in the shield of imaginory Charles.


Q.20_ What are some of the characteristics of Charles in the story of "Charles"?

The characteristics of charles is a boy who shows his great mischief.He is rude,badly behaved,naughty,troublesome and problematic.Laurie tells his parents and teacher the fabricated stories about Charles.


Q.21_ What was the story was made up by Laurie, and who was really Charles?

Laurie was a genious boy. He wanted that other people treat him like a grown up child so he made the story of a boy named
"Charles" to express himself.According to the story created by laurie, Charles was a boy who always show his great mischiefs he was rude,badly behaved,naughty,troublesome and problematic.Laurie used to tell the story about the mischiefs of Charles to his parents and teachers It was a fabricated story really Laurie himself was Charles in his fabricated story.