Friday, March 6, 2009

What are 3 rising actions in "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

The rising
action in a story are the events which lead up to the , or turning point.  In 's ","
the rising action is the daily description of Charles's behavior which gets him into trouble
with the teacher, until the turning point, which has Charles change into a model student,
teacher's pet. 

-First, Laurie tells his parents that Charles was
fresh.

-Then, getting worse, Laurie tells them that Charles hit the
teacher.

-Then, worse still, Laurie tells them that Charles hit a girl in the
head with the seesaw and she was badly hurt and bleeding.

-Then, Laurie says
that Charles was yelling so loud that he was kept after school, only the whole class stayed with
him.

-When Laurie tells his parents that Charles had kicked the teacher's
friend and would probably be kicked out of school.

-Charles is established in
the household as a terror of a child.  Laurie's mother can't wait to go to parent-teacher night
to meet the child's mother.

 

   

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