Character Motivation Chart

CHARACTER MOTIVATION CHART:

QUESTION: / ANSWER: (with text evidence & page #)
What does the narrator imply about how and why Laurie’s personality has changed recently? (li. 1-6) / Laurie has become bold & independent. “…swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave goodbye to me.”(258)
What is the connection between Laurie and Charles? (li. 18-37)
Describe how Laurie treats his parents. (li. 7-33)
Why do you think he behaves this way? (inference) (li. 18-37)
Why do you think Laurie’s mother wanted to meet Charles’s mother? (li. 49-84)
Why does Laurie’s family call certain actions “being a Charles”? (li. 88-93)
After rereading the lines at the bottom of page 261 and giving close attention to the description of Charles by Laurie, how does Laurie seem to feel about Charles? (li. 112-121) inference
Who is Charles? (li. 141 – 153)
inference

Create a Plot Diagram of the important events in the story “CHARLES”: