What Is Charles Disrespectful

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An adjective to describe Charles is that he is disrespectful. For example, “... He spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sister’s milk… he filled his wagon full of mud and pulled it through the kitchen” (Jackson 73-75). This shows that Charles is disrespectful because he was just making a mess for everyone else to clean up. This quote also shows that he is disrespectful because he was making fun of his father and his mother didn’t even care about it. According to Shirley Jackson, “... He kept on pounding his feet on on the floor… Charles was deprived of blackboard privileges because he threw chalk” (74). This shows that he is very rude and disrespectful because he kept on doing bad things at school. Charles was very distracting

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