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c. Inconsistent
Charley is an inconsistent person. He can change his decision that easy. At his mother’s birthday party, he gets a call from his father asking him to join a
baseball match. Charley stays to his decision not to go because it is mother’s birthday. His phone conversation with his father keeps echoing. However, he
cannot drive away his father’s face. He lets his father robs his concentration. Finally, he gets down to the basement and books the last flight. He will be at the
Old Timers Game and even he has to lie to everyone that he has to go because he should fly to meet a client at the moment. He has made a decision that he will
regret for that day onward Albom 156-161. Based on his conversation with his father on the phone, Charley is considered as an inconsistent person. Due to an
encounter with his mother in his unconscious state, his quality of being an inconsistent changes to a consistent one. As a son who has neglected his mother,
he regrets and wants to be a good son for his mother. He listens to his mother not to give up from all the troubles Albom 187. He continues his life better.
d. Careless
The proof that Charley is a careless person is when he has an affair with a young and good-looking saleswoman. He does stupid thing which twists his
financial. It starts by letting that saleswoman talk to him into an investment scheme. After that they have a proposal discussion at the young saleswoman
office and moves to a restaurant. He cannot avoid her young and good-looking attraction provokes his mind as a married man. Her perfume clears his head, and
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saleswoman then quickly transfers to the West Coast. Charley loses his savings. It is gone that way Albom 4-5.
The experience makes him sink more to alcohol. As the result, he gets fired from two sales jobs. Getting fired only makes him drink alcohol more and
more. He cannot take care of himself. He sleeps and eats badly. Because of being careless, he is overslept and late to work. He loses his job again. He is rotten
about himself. No wonders then that he becomes rotten to anyone else especially his family Albom 5. Based on his manners, Charley can be categorized as a
careless one. He does not think twice when he decides something important and he keeps his bad habits. As a round character, his careless character changes after
he meets his mother. He turns to be careful person. He considers more about his life afterward. He mends his life carefully and patiently through the hospital stay
and the treatment Albom 194. He wants to fix his life and his relation with those he loves.
e. Tender
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