Doing what you have to do
After Charles takes Meg to the pasture where he saw the dragons, Meg decides to return home and talk to her mother about the delusions her younger brother has. Meg decides not to tell Charles about her action and lies to him, claiming she wants to return home and take something to cover herself because she is cold. Charles sees through her lies and tells her he knows the truth but Meg, ironically, continues to claim she only wants to return home to take a cardigan with her.
Talking with the principal made it worse
In the first chapter, after Meg found about her brother being abused at school, she went and talked with the principal of the school, hoping he will be able to make the boys tormenting Charles stop. Ironically, Charles points out that it only made things worse: the principal did nothing to stop the children and went as far as implying that Charles should be become stronger and take care of things on his own. The fact that someone spoke with the principal also didn’t helped as the kids bullying Charles became even more ruthless.
Stupid
In the first chapter, the narrator talks about the children at the school hoped Charles would be stupid because his parents were scientist and thus extremely smart. Ironically, not only was Charles not stupid, he was extremely intelligent and talked about matters not even his teacher knew about.
Our little scientist
The first chapter presents an ironic scene in the first day of school for Charles. During that day, every child was asked to say a few words and a girl named Albertina rose and talked about the human body and how it is made of "bones and skinses and muscle and blood cells and stuff like that.’’ The teacher praised the girl for what she had said and even called her a little scientist. Ironically, the narrator reveals how the girl in question was repeating first grade.
Not going to take him out of school
One night, when Meg was helping her mother cook dinner, the two talked about Charles and Meg expressed her worries about him and how it is not best for him to go to school. Meg’s mother agreed with her daughter but at the same time refused to take her son out of school. This makes no sense for Meg because she fears Charles will only suffer if he remains there.
