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Charlie Gordan (Indirect Characterization (Characterization #1 (Before the…
Charlie Gordan
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Dynamic Character
External Influence
One external conflict would be the surgery. Getting the surgery made Charlie more aware of the people around him. He became really arrogant and conceited. When people would have a simple conversation with Charlie he would get impatient and be bored talking to them. In the end Charlie realized after getting the surgery he had no one.
Internal Influence
One internal influence would be that Charlie's motivation to become smart. Charlie was determined to make friends, so he thought getting smarter would allow him to do so. So he decides to get the surgery
Role as Protagonist
The novel is Charlie Gordan's diary he has to write in throughout the process of his surgery. The story is in his perspective and the whole plot revolves around him
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Narrators Influence
Reading the story through Charlie's perspective keeps the readers close to Charlie. Also to keep him likable and the reader on his side.
"I wasn't going to at first, but I felt so lousy that I figured why not. It couldn't make things any worse, and it might possibly dull the feeling that I was watching myself through eyes that didn't understand what I was doing." (Keyes 142)
Direct Characterization
Charlie Gordan was very motivated to become smart. He was very determined to get smart such as learning from Miss Kinnien and getting the surgery. Every day after the surgery he stuck to learning new things
"He said I had good motor-vation. I never even knew I had that. I felt proud when he said that not everybody with eye-Q of 68 had that thing" (Keyes, 206).
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