In medias res means to start a writing with events that happened in the middle of the story, then continuing the story from the beginning.
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In "Night," the author Elie Wiesel sees a son killing his own father for bread. However, even though Elie would never do the same, the inhuman conditions he was living in have made him thought about it. In fact, after they are sent to the blocks, Elie treats his father like a burden. The reason is that Elie has to care for his father, but Elie is so weak that he feels like giving up. As a result, Elie's internal conflict has to do with how much energy he should devote to his father, and whether he should get him his rations.
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The fact that Laurie's mother doesn't realize that Laurie is Charles develops the story's theme in the sense that:
A. The mother's fascination with Charles's behavior and excuses for Laurie's home behavior develop the theme that parents are often blind to their own children's faults.
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This question is about the short story "Charles" by author Shirley Jackson. It is told from the perspective of Laurie's mother. Each day, coming back home from kindergarten, her son Laurie tells a different story about a boy named Charles who misbehaves at school. Laurie himself is misbehaving at home - being impolite, ignoring his parents, mocking them... Yet, <u>his mother and father never make the connection that Laurie is lying about the existence of this other kid. They become so fascinated about Charles, so eager to meet the mother of such a troublemaker, they don't realize their own son is Charles. They even take advantage of Charles's "existence" to justify Laurie's bad behavior, claiming Charles is influencing him. Blind to their own son's faults, it is only at the end of the story that the mother is told by Laurie's teacher that there is no Charles in their classroom.</u>
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make sure it has a step by step very detailed outline that could answer why questiona and says what to do if somehing goes wrong
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