Charles Manders
Indhold
Charles is a frail, introverted boy
Charles, the main character in “The Happiest Days of Your Life” by Penelope Lively, is probably around 10 or 11 years old. This is suggested by his enrolment in the Lower Third year group (p. 58, l. 4). Many would say that this is a young age to be moving way from your parents and starting boarding school. Traditionally, however, many children have done just that in England.
His apperance is described in a way that makes him sound frail:
The child had black hair, flicked down smooth to his head. His ears, too large, jutted out, transparent in the light from the window, laced with tiny, delicate veins. His clothes had the shine and crease of newness. (p. 56, ll. 31-33)
Particularly his ears - described with the word “delicate” - mak...
