Silver Platter

Mia Lekika

MSA

3/7/17

Silver Platter

In the book, Escaping from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, Charles Chiltington was a spoiled character. Charles's family is very rich and always gets their way without working for it. When everything is given to you on a silver platter, you become greedy, you don’t know how to help yourself, and you become entitled.

One of the effects to having whatever your want, whenever you want it, is becoming greedy. In the book, Charles takes things from people and thinks he should get away with it. For example, Charles broke the rules in the game by being reckless with his opponents and the items in the library. By being greedy, he was disqualified from the game.

When you get help on everything that you do, you never learn how to do it yourself. Charles had no opportunities to learn for himself. He learned by memorizing what someone else wrote for him. Learning something for yourself feels great and Charles should experience that feeling, too.

The worst problem of getting everything you want is becoming entitled. Charles thinks the whole world circles around him. In the game, he thought Mr. Lemoncello wanted him to win. As a consequence, he thought he was letting down his family when he didn’t win.

There are benefits of having everything you want, but also some bad effects. Some major effects are becoming greedy, not knowing how to help yourself, and becoming entitled. You can have what you want as long as you work for it.