Mosquito Coast
Charlie Fox Character Sketch
Charlie Fox is the narrator of the book and also the oldest son of Allie Fox, the main character in the 'Mosquito Coast'. Even though maybe he would like to be just another normal kid, he is not and this is mostly because of his father. He is not allowed to go to school just like any other child in his age and all the education he gets is from his father and his mother.
Because Charlie was the oldest of Allie's children, he took him with him so that he could help him with his work or inventions. Charlie was devoted to his father and he looked up to him a lot. He was proud to have a father so smart and creative, an inventor, but sometimes father did things that embarrassed him. The fact that his father would not send him to school meant a lot to Charlie because he never really could make any friends of his age without going to school - he was deprived of many things kids in his age need. "Father was a disappointed man. He was angry and disgusted. But if he was aiming to do something drastic, he would take care of us. We were always part of his plans." From this piece of quote, we can see that Charlie also trusted his father. Although he was an idealist and an extremist, he was a caring father, in his own weird way.
