Question

What point do you think the writer is trying to make by setting up the ironic contrast between the parent’s approval of the school and Charles’ silent dread of it?

Answer 1

Ironic how the parents want what is best for their child not knowing exactly what went down while the reader knows the true feelings of how the child really felt about that school.

Answer 2

that they soon come to realize charles is fake and actually the child misbehaving and blaming it on "charles"