The Charmer Response

How are people transformed through their relationships with others?

In the short story "The Charmer", the older brother Zach creates total chaos within the family. At first the family loves Zach with his charm and postive atmosphere towards the whole family, as said by Winnefred; "He was athletic, won races, amassed trophies. He got lead parts in school plays. He won class elections. And he was beautiful. His face was rugged and laughing; his body was muscular and golden, even in January. He moved with the grace of a tiger. He dazzeld. He shone". Sadly, this love never lasted. It slowly faded away to what was truly underneath this amazing person. It showed that he always has been and will be, a lazy, lying, and decieving person, who is simply living off of and taking advantage of his family. At first, no one notices or sees through these clever lies, and his parents always accept his appologies. Then one day, his parents wised up and took him up on the offer to "be no longer worthy to be called thy son" and make him " one of thy hired servants". But instead, Zach simply packed up all his stuff and left for ever. This then caused the entire family to fall into utter chaos and everyone slowly loses themselves to the pressure. With the exception to Winnifred who at the end of the story had learned how to treat her kids, and instead of simply accepting the appologie, would make her kids fix what they did wrong.